Robert E. Thomas seated on a front porch in a 1910 photograph, copied 1935

Title: Robert E. Thomas seated on a front porch in a 1910 photograph, copied 1935
Date Created: July 13, 1935
Date: 1935-07-13
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description: Picture of two photographs: First one shows a little boy sitting on stair steps, and the bottom one shows a man in a hat.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 1053 - [stamp] JUL ??, 1935. copy of pix of Robert Thomas.Robert Thomas Case.
Handwritten on negative: "What a big boy am I", Los Angeles, 5-10-10... Had a great time. Sunday 5-15-10...Robert Thomas
In July 1935, Robert E. Thomas, an actor, claimed that he was the cast-off son of May Yohe and Putnam Bradley Strong, who was wealthy and socially prominent. Thomas had been adopted by E. R. Thomas, an apartment manager in Hollywood.

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Thomas, Robert E. b. 1908
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Children--California--Los Angeles
Investigation--California--Los Angeles
Actions & defenses--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_7365
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002df1ts
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Rights Country: US
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