Oliver Dean celebrates his first Christmas in jail with his mother Dorothy Goodrich and matron Vada Sullivan, Los Angeles, 1935-1936

Item Overview

Title

Oliver Dean celebrates his first Christmas in jail with his mother Dorothy Goodrich and matron Vada Sullivan, Los Angeles, 1935-1936

Date Created

December-January 1935-1936

Date

1935-12-01/1936-01-31

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Mrs. Goodrich crouches beside baby Oliver, who is held by Mrs. Sullivan in front of the Christmas tree.
Oliver Dean, only a few months old, is indifferent towards the attention he receives at the County jail, where his mother Dorothy Harrington Goodrich is held on a check charge.
Story related to photograph appears with the article, "Jail Life Not So Bad," Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan 1936: A3.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: L2R Vada Sullivan Baby Oliver Deane Harrington Mrs Dorothy Harrington 12/19/35
Text from negative sleeve: 4072 - Vada Sullivan (chief matron) Oliver Dean Harrington Goodrich Mrs Dorothy Harrington (baby of <-) (in jail on bad check charge) (County Jail Christmas) 12-19-35 [stamped:] Dec (?) (?)

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Sullivan, Vada C., b. 1888 or 9
Goodrich, Oliver Dean, 1935-2010
Harrington, Dorothy Goodrich

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Christmas trees--California--Los Angeles
Christmas decorations
Mothers--California--Los Angeles
Prisoners--California--Los Angeles
Rattles
Infants--California--Los Angeles
Toys