Vada Sullivan, Isobel Steele, and Sheriff Gene Biscailuz at the County Jail, Los Angeles, 1935

Title: Vada Sullivan, Isobel Steele, and Sheriff Gene Biscailuz at the County Jail, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created: October 11, 1935
Date: 1935-10-11
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: From left to right: Chief jail matron Vada Sullivan, Isobel Steele, Sheriff Gene Biscailuz. Steele smiles from behind bars.
Isobel Steele received publicity after she was confined in a German prison while studying abroad after graduating from Occidental College. Steele was accused of being a spy and was held for three months.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: L to R - Mrs. Vada Sullivan - Isobel Stelle, Sheriff Gene Biscailuz - 10-11-35
Text from negative sleeve: 2413 - Mrs. Vada Sullivan, Sheriff Gene Biscailuz, Isobel Stelle 10-11-35 County Jail Inspection Tour

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Sullivan, Vada C., b. 1888 or 9
Steele, Isobel
Biscailuz, Eugene W., 1883-1969
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Sheriffs--California--Los Angeles
Jails--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_8850
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dgt1f
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Rights statement: copyrighted
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Rights Country: US
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