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. John Wuest Hunt, a California millionaire and follower of cult leader Father Divine, as a younger man, seated on a low wall in front of a house. In 1937 he was convicted of taking a minor across state lines for "immoral purposes" and sentenced to three years. Text from negative sleeve: 8284. [Stamped:] May 14 37. John W. Hunt. (former ad man, Mann Act, charges, former leader of Father Divine movement on So Cal.) City Desk ask we file 2 enclosed negs under John W. Hunt.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14629 ark:/21198/zz002j8805
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Millionaires--California--Los Angeles Cult members--California--Los Angeles Criminals--California--Los Angeles Hunt, John Wuest
Source
OpenUCLA Collections Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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