Judge Frank H. Lowe turns seventy-six, Glendale, 1933

Item Overview

Title

Judge Frank H. Lowe turns seventy-six, Glendale, 1933

Date Created

1933

Date

1933

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

To celebrate Judge Lowe's 76th birthday he was given a mock trial that found him guilty in open court of "the unusual offense of seventy-six years of useful and worth while living, as charged by his fellow citizens." The trial was attended by a large number of attorneys, city officials and business men. His sentence was "incarceration in the grateful hearts of his fellow-citizens."
A cropped segment of the photograph featuring only Judge Lowe's head is featured in the paper.
Photograph appears with the article, "Birthday Fete for Judge Lowe in Court Room," Los Angeles Times, 14 July 1933: 10.
Judge Lowe is photographed outside standing in front of a vehicle and wearing a black suit with a bowtie. He is a bald man with a white goatee.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Judge Lowe,
Text from newspaper caption: JUDGE FRANK H. LOWE
Text from negative sleeve: LOWE, FRANK H. JUDGE , 1934

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Lowe, Frank Homer, 1857-1946

Location

Glendale (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Judges--California--Glendale