James Wilson, identified as escaped prisoner Buster Nichols from State reformatory in Oklahoma, Los Angeles, 1935

Title: James Wilson, identified as escaped prisoner Buster Nichols from State reformatory in Oklahoma, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created: July 27, 1935
Date: 1935-07-27
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: English
No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: This photograph appears with the article, “Death Case Tied to Man,” Los Angeles Times, 27 Jul. 1935: A3.
The counter at which Buster sits reads the word “Prisoner” in English.
Caption: Text from newspaper caption: James Wilson.
Handwritten on negative: James Wilson true name is Buster Nichols wanted in Oaklahoma [sic] 7-26-35.
Text on negative sleeve: 1382—James Wilson, True name is Buster Nichols, wanted in Oaklahoma [sic] for Prison Breaking, 7-26-35. [Stamped:] JUL 31 1935.

Genre: news photographs
Portrait photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Nichols, Buster, b. 1914
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Fugitives from justice--California--Los Angeles
Prisoners--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_7893
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dfp12
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Rights statement: copyrighted
Rights Holder: UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
Rights Country: US
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .