H. H. Van Loan writing in jail, Los Angeles, 1934

Item Overview

Title

H. H. Van Loan writing in jail, Los Angeles, 1934

Date Created

June 27, 1934

Date

1934-06-27

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

This photograph was published in the newspaper article with the photograph that has the identification number 21198/zz002dh84q.
This photograph appears with the article, “VAN LOAN GETS ‘LOCAL COLOR’ IN JAIL TANK,” Los Angeles Times, 27 Jun. 1934: A1.
Photograph of H. H. Van Loan smoking a pipe and using a typewriter to write a story in jail.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2708—Van Loan, H.H., H. H. Van Loan, (Writer) L 31, images for June 27, 1934 story by him.
Text from newspaper caption: In City Jail for seven days awaiting hearing on his application for probation on a conviction of nonsupport, H. H. Van Loan, noted playwright, scenarist and short-story writer, yesterday took to his typewriter to relate his newest and unexpected experience. He went to jail Tuesday after his former wife, Mrs. Gertrude Van Loan, testified she had waited eight months for some financial aid from him for their daughter. The author told Superior Judge Crum he has not sold a story or been able to obtain employment in a year.
Handwritten on negative: H. H. Van Loan.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

Portrait photographs
cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Van Loan, H. H. (Herbert Hartwell), 1888-

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Prisoners--California--Los Angeles
Authors--American--California--Los Angeles
Dramatists
Typewriters
Jails--California--Los Angeles