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Originally Posted by Flyingwedge
We are looking at the dedication ceremony for the Tehachapi Women's Prison on May 22, 1932. The guy in the top hat on stage on both photos
appears to be California Governor James Rolph (the kid with the striped cap is in both photos, too). I don't know who the fat guy is, but he's on
the left
Los Angeles Times, May 23, 1932 (partial article):
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Thanks
FW--I thought it could have been a mental hospital but never thought prison-- the architecture for a prison, during the Depression, is amazing. As
malumothas said, it seems the buildings were compromised by the Kern County earthquake of July 21, 1952, and then apparently torn down.
Here a picture of actress Madge Meredith being freed from Tehachapi prison on July 15, 1951--looks leafy compared to the dedication pictures, but apparently these are the facility's gates:
I found only one mention of Madge on NLA
here
More on her story here:
http://1947project.blogspot.com/2005...or-kidnap.html