Burmah White is questioned by Dr. William A. Griffith, Los Angeles, 1933

Title: Burmah White is questioned by Dr. William A. Griffith, Los Angeles, 1933
Date Created: September 12, 1933
Date: 1933-09-12
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: The arraignment of Burmah Adams White begins which consists of an indictment charging her with eight counts of robbery and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon.
Photograph appears with the article, "Blonde Bandit True Bill Near," Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep 1933: A1.
Burmah wears a white dress and sits with her legs crossed in front of a giant American flag hung on the wall behind her. Dr. Griffith addresses her, kneeling on one knee and holding a folded piece of paper in his hands.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: Mrs Burmah White + Dr. Wm. A. Griffith
Text from negative sleeve: White, Mrs. Burmah Griffith, Dr. Wm. A. 3304 -
Text from newspaper caption: Widow Admits Part in Eight Robberies Mrs. Burmah White, confessed bandit, is shown being questioned by Dr. William A. Griffith, foreman of the grand jury.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: White, Burmah A., b. 1914
Griffith, William A., (Dr.)
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Widows
Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles
Desks
Flags--American

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_12278
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002h89bd
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Rights Country: US
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