Jean Peirce, Los Angeles policewoman, charged with manslaughter, Los Angeles, 1935 (copy photo)

Title: Jean Peirce, Los Angeles policewoman, charged with manslaughter, Los Angeles, 1935 (copy photo)
Date Created: October 22, 1935
Date: 1935-10-22
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description: Related to multiple articles dealing with Jean P. Peirce, policewoman, who shot and killed O. D. Yancey, policeman, on October 20, 1935. She claimed to have mistaken him for a burglar and shot to frighten him off, accidentally killing him. She was acquitted. The story was covered in the Los Angeles Times from October 21-December 7, 1935.
Copy photo
Portrait photograph of Jean Peirce, policewoman.
Caption: Handwritten on paper slip: Jean Peirce 3507 Victoria Ave 10-22-35
Handwritten on negative sleeve: 2516. Jean Peirce 3507 Victoria Ave policewoman Copy 10/22/35 [stamped:] Oct 23 1935

Genre: news photographs
Portrait photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Peirce, Jean
Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Trials (Manslaughter)--California--Los Angeles
Policewomen--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_8981
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dgzj4
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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.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .