Olin and Carl Whitaker, brothers, suspects in an asserted white slave ring, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Olin and Carl Whitaker, brothers, suspects in an asserted white slave ring, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

December 6, 1935

Date

1935-12-06

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

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.
Photograph appears with the article, "Five Seized In Girl Case," Los Angeles Times, 07 Dec 1935: A3.
Olin and Carl stand handcuffed to one another. Olin covers his face with his right hand. Carl places his hand on one hip, looking down at the floor.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: L tR - Olin and Carl Whitaker
Text from newspaper caption: Handcuffed to each other, Olin and Carl Whitaker, brothers, were held yesterday as suspects in an asserted white slave ring.
Text from negative sleeve: 4082 - L t R Olin Whitaker Carl Whitaker 12- 6- 35 White slave case - brothers placing girls in disorderly house [stamped:] Dec 20 1935

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Whitaker, Carl
Whitaker, Olin

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles
Prostitution--California--Los Angeles
Brothers--American--California--Los Angeles
Rapes--California--Los Angeles