John S. Schnepp is shaven by Charles A. Latham, Los Angeles, 1935

Description: Similar photograph appears with the article, "Newsboy, Former Mayor, Has His Beard Removed," Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb 1935: A1.
John S. Schnepp is the former mayor of Springfield, Illinois. He is held in Los Angeles on suspicion of embezzlement; Schnepp ascertains that he lost his memory three years ago and wandered around the country to find someone to tell him who he was. Schnepp's facial hair was trimmed so he could be more easily identified by former Springfieldians who knew him without a beard.
Schnepp is draped with a polka dot smock, watching as Latham scrapes a straight razor on a stone.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: SCHNEPP, JOHN S. former mayor of Springfield, Ill. embezzlement lost memory wandered to LA [stamped:] 1935
Handwritten on negative: John S. Schnepp Chas A. Latham

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Schnepp, John Samuel, 1866-1954
Latham, Charles A.
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Beards
Barbers--California--Los Angeles
Shaving equipment
Barbershops--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_11574
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002h9n74
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