Edward J. "Spike" O'Donnell, Chicago beer runner, sitting on a bench, Los Angeles, 1934

Item Overview

Title

Edward J. "Spike" O'Donnell, Chicago beer runner, sitting on a bench, Los Angeles, 1934

Date Created

[April 18, 1934]

Date

1934-04-18

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Spike O'Donnell sits on a bench. He wears a checked suit, brimmed hat, and has a coat slung over his left arm. His right arm is bent and his hand rests on his right thigh. A paper bag is on the ground under the bench. He is looking at the camera, unsmiling.
Edward J. "Spike" O'Donnell, a Chicago beer runner, was in Los Angeles when he was charged with vagrancy. On a mutual agreement, he agreed to leave Los Angeles years instead of going to jail.
A different photograph of Spike O'Donnell taken on the same day appears with the article "O'Donnell Quits City: Jail for 'Spike' if He Returns," Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr 1934: A1.

Caption

Text on negative sleeve: O'DONNELL, EDWARD J. (SPIKE) CHICAGO HOOD 1926/7 (the 6 and 7 are typed over each other)
Handwritten on negative: Edward J. O'Donnell

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

O'Donnell, Spike (James Edward O'Donnell), 1889-1962

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Sentences (Criminal procedures)--California--Los Angeles
Gangsters--Illinois--Chicago
Criminals--Illinois--Chicago