Image / Public Defender Frederic H. Vercoe, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Public Defender Frederic H. Vercoe, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: April, 1936
1936-04
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.
Vercoe sits at a desk with an open book.
Since the county defender's office opened in 1914 Vercoe has held the position since 1927 with a staff of twelve deputies.
Photograph appears with the article, "Poor Man's Fight Waged," Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr 1936: A2.
Text from newspaper caption: Frederick M. Hall, left, city Public Defender, and Frederic H. Vercoe, county Public Defender represent the bulwarks which stand between inexorable law and the penniless who must fight for their lives and rights.
Text from negative sleeve: 4701 - Frederic H Vercoe LA Co Pub Defender 4/7/36 [stamped:] Apr 1936
Handwritten on negative: Frederic H. Vercoe 4/7/36
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13895
ark:/21198/zz002j7cph
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Portrait photographs
Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Books
Vercoe, Frederick H., 1876-1960
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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