Suspects Julia Lehman, Mary Talbot, Ada Carlson, and Bobbie Gilbert in a prostitution ring, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Suspects Julia Lehman, Mary Talbot, Ada Carlson, and Bobbie Gilbert in a prostitution ring, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

December 20, 1935

Date

1935-12-20

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph appears with the article, "Five Seized In Girl Case," Los Angeles Times, 07 Dec 1935: A3.
Lehman holds her face in her hands while Mary Talbot holds her. Carlson and Gilbert sit on the same bench as the two women, facing away from the camera, their faces partially obscured by hats.
Two men and three women are being held in custody on the grounds of accusations of 17-year-old Marie Birchfield that she and other young women had been held against her will and forced to have sex with men in a house at 1320 North Harper Street. Further investigation by officers led to arrests at 8704 1/2 Bandera Street.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: Women held for investigation of girl's charge of detention in house where she was forced to accept attentions of men, are, left to right; Julia Lehman, who is sobbing in arms of Jail Matron Mary Talbot; Ada Carlson and Bobbie Gilbert.
Text from negative sleeve: 4082 - L t R - Julia Lehman (1 of girls put in house) Mary Talbot (Jail Matron) Ada Carlson (operator of house) Bobbie Gilbert 12-6-35 White slave case [stamped:] Dec 20 1935

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Gilbert, Bobbie
Talbot, Mary
Carlson, Ada
Lehman, Julia, b. 1914

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Rapes--California--Los Angeles
Prostitution--California--Los Angeles
Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles
Crying