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Oliver Dean celebrates his first Christmas in jail with his mother Dorothy Goodrich and matron Vada Sullivan, Los Angeles, 1935-1936

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Title: Oliver Dean celebrates his first Christmas in jail with his mother Dorothy Goodrich and matron Vada Sullivan, Los Angeles, 1935-1936
Date Created and/or Issued: December-January 1935-1936
1935-12-01/1936-01-31
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.
Mrs. Goodrich crouches beside baby Oliver, who is held by Mrs. Sullivan in front of the Christmas tree.
Oliver Dean, only a few months old, is indifferent towards the attention he receives at the County jail, where his mother Dorothy Harrington Goodrich is held on a check charge.
Story related to photograph appears with the article, "Jail Life Not So Bad," Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan 1936: A3.
Handwritten on negative: L2R Vada Sullivan Baby Oliver Deane Harrington Mrs Dorothy Harrington 12/19/35
Text from negative sleeve: 4072 - Vada Sullivan (chief matron) Oliver Dean Harrington Goodrich Mrs Dorothy Harrington (baby of <-) (in jail on bad check charge) (County Jail Christmas) 12-19-35 [stamped:] Dec (?) (?)
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13076
ark:/21198/zz002hn6kh
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Christmas trees--California--Los Angeles
Christmas decorations
Mothers--California--Los Angeles
Prisoners--California--Los Angeles
Rattles
Infants--California--Los Angeles
Toys
Sullivan, Vada C., b. 1888 or 9
Goodrich, Oliver Dean, 1935-2010
Harrington, Dorothy Goodrich
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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