Walter E. Scott, or "Death Valley Scotty," circa 1925-1935
Item Overview
- Title
- Walter E. Scott, or "Death Valley Scotty," circa 1925-1935
- Date Created
- [circa 1925-1935]
- Date
- 1925/1935
- Publisher
- Los Angeles Times
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Collection
- Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Notes
- Description
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Walter E. Scott, or "Death Valley Scotty," was a prospector, performer, and con man, who was made famous by his many scams involving gold mining and the iconic mansion in Death Valley, popularly known as Scotty's Castle.
View of Walter E. Scott, or "Death Valley Scotty," standing on the sidewalk of a commercial street next to a building with columns and smoking a cigar. Scott is dressed in a pin stripe suit and high-crowned hat. A woman and little girl are in the distance in front of the window of a restaurant. - Caption
- Text from negative sleeve: Scott, Walter. death valley scotty
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph
- Dimensions
- 4 x 5 inches
- Medium
- b&w nitrate negative
Keywords
- Genre
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cellulose nitrate film
news photographs - Names
- Scott, Walter E., 1872-1954
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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People
Swindlers--California--Death Valley
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- uclamss_1429_2849
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002ckq0d
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Rights contact
- UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
- Rights Holder
- The Regents of the University of California
- Rights Country
- US
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
- License
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .