Peter Davis and James Hanley incarcerated at Lincoln Heights Jail, Los Angeles, 1935

Title: Peter Davis and James Hanley incarcerated at Lincoln Heights Jail, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created: November 18, 1935
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Description: This photograph appears with the article, “Damage Left by Storm From North Atlantic Which Lashed New England Coast,” Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 1935: 18.
This photograph is related to the article, “Quarter-Ton Prisoner Crowds City’s Lock-Up,” Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 1935: 2.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: L yr, James Hanley, 105 lbs, + Peter David, 524 lbs. 11-18-35.
Text from newspaper caption: LARGEST AND SMALLEST PRISONERS. Peter Davis, 524 pound youth, was arrested yesterday on vagrancy charge and taken to Lincoln Heights jail. He was lodged after some difficulty in cell beside James Hanley, who weighs only 105.
Text from negative sleeve: 2826-Peter Davis, James Hanley, 524 Lb’er in jail, 11-18-35. [Stamped:] Nov 22, 1935.

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
Local identifier: uclamss_1429_9347
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dhd55
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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.