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. Lehman holds her face in her hands while Mary Talbot holds her. Carlson and Gilbert sit on the same bench as the two women, facing away from the camera, their faces partially obscured by hats. Two men and three women are being held in custody on the grounds of accusations of 17-year-old Marie Birchfield that she and other young women had been held against her will and forced to have sex with men in a house at 1320 North Harper Street. Further investigation by officers led to arrests at 8704 1/2 Bandera Street. Photograph appears with the article, "Five Seized In Girl Case," Los Angeles Times, 07 Dec 1935: A3. Text from negative sleeve: 4082 - L t R - Julia Lehman (1 of girls put in house) Mary Talbot (Jail Matron) Ada Carlson (operator of house) Bobbie Gilbert 12-6-35 White slave case [stamped:] Dec 20 1935 Text from newspaper caption: Women held for investigation of girl's charge of detention in house where she was forced to accept attentions of men, are, left to right; Julia Lehman, who is sobbing in arms of Jail Matron Mary Talbot; Ada Carlson and Bobbie Gilbert.
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13096 ark:/21198/zz002hn78b
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Crying Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles Rapes--California--Los Angeles Prostitution--California--Los Angeles Gilbert, Bobbie Carlson, Ada Lehman, Julia, b. 1914 Talbot, Mary
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