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. Dr. Foss sits at a desk resting his head in one hand. Photograph appears with the article, "Trial Opens In Dope Case," Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec 1935: A12. 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. Handwritten on negative: Dr. Hugo W. Foss 12-19-35 Text from negative sleeve: 4062 - Dr. Hugo W. Foss 12-19-35 on Trial for Narcotic Charge [stamped:] Dec 20 1935 Text from newspaper caption: Dr. Hugo W. Foss, on trial on charges of prescribing narcotics illegally.
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13068 ark:/21198/zz002hn69c
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Physicians--American--California--Los Angeles Narcotics Foss, Hugo W., 1860-1944
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