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Jack Thomas, Robert McCracken, Louise Thomas, and Arthur Mott at the trial of Dr. Hugo Foss, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Jack Thomas, Robert McCracken, Louise Thomas, and Arthur Mott at the trial of Dr. Hugo Foss, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: December 19, 1935
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Photograph appears with the article, "Trial Opens In Dope Case," Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec 1935: A12.
The four sit with their legs crossed in seats against the wall. Jack Thomas smiles into the camera, Robert McCracken obscures his face with his arm, Louise Thomas covers her mouth with a white cloth with one hand and holds a cigarette with the other, and Officer Mott smiles as he smokes a cigar.
Dr. Hugo Foss has been accused of issuing more than 850 illegal prescriptions within a period of six months. Addicts who had taken advantage of Dr. Foss' prescriptions gathered in the courtroom to provide their testimonies.
Text from newspaper caption: Witnesses for the State, Jack Thomas, Robert McCracken and Louise Jones, were present at yesterday's session of the trial of Dr. Hugo W. Foss on a charge of prescribing narcotics illegally. Thomas is at the left and McCracken is between him and Miss Jones. Police Officer Arthur Mott is at the right.
Text from negative sleeve: 4062 - L t R Jack Thomas Robert McCracken Louise Jones Police officer Arthur Mott 12-19-35 Witness's In Narcotic Case [stamped:] Dec 20 1935
Handwritten on negative: LtR - Jack Thomas - Robert McCracken - Louise Jones - Arthur Mott 12-19-35
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13067
ark:/21198/zz002hn68v
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Witnesses--California--Los Angeles
Drug addicts--California--Los Angeles
Police--California--Los Angeles
Jones, Louise
Thomas, Jack
McCracken, Robert
Mott, Arthur, 1896 or 97-1969
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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