California Institution for Women, cottage interior, Tehachapi, 1933

Description: This photograph, cropped, appears with the article “Man Rules at Tehachapi, New State Women’s Prison is No Adamless Eden; Comfort Feature of Luxurious Institution.” Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 1933: A1
Matron Alva M. Brittain, in white uniform dress, standing, smiling, holding telephone, at left; another woman, in light dress and necklace, seated, at right; in room with tile or linoleum floor, single bed with bedspread and floor lamp at center, dresser and table at left, chairs at right, rug in foreground, 3 doors in background
Caption: Text from newspaper caption: Elaborate Establishment Houses Fair Lawbreakers. Interior of one of honor cottages at institution, with Matron Alva M. Brittain at telephone.
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: California, Tehachipi, Womens prison, 1933

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: California Institution for Women (Tehachapi, Calif.)
Brittain, Alva M., b. 1892
Location: Tehachapi (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Women's prisons--California--Tehachapi

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_0858
0858
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002db6q9
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