Seema Matlin, secretary of the American League Against War and Fascism, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Seema Matlin, secretary of the American League Against War and Fascism, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

September 19, 1935

Date

1935-09-19

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Seema Matlin was the secretary of the American League Against War and Fascism. She was convicted of distributing anti-war pamphleets, breaking the no handbills law.
Seema Matlin is posing next to a window with wired glass. She is wearing a checked dress with a belt and a cardigan. Her right arm is raised and her hand grasps a window bar. Her left arm is bent and her hand rests on her waist. She is smiling at the camera.
Related to "Propaganda Term Begun: Woman, Loser in Appeal, Serving Fifteen Days on Handbill Charge," Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep 1935: A10.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Seema Matlin 9/19/35
Handwritten on negative sleeve: 2255. Seema Matlin. Red. Passing Handbills. 9-19-35 [stamped:] Sep 2[illegible] 1935

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Matlin, Seema, 1908-2004
American League Against War and Fascism

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Windows
Crimes--California--Los Angeles
Protest movements--California--Los Angeles
Communism--California--Los Angeles