Welfare check forger Esther Machada with baby daughter Elizabeth, Los Angeles, 1935

Welfare check forger Esther Machada with baby daughter Elizabeth, Los Angeles, 1935

October 22, 1935

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Esther Machada, 28-year-old mother, holds her youngest baby daughter, 2-month-old Elizabeth, and stares solemnly at the camera. Machada has slightly curled hair and she wears a sweater or jacket. Baby Elizabeth wears a knit cap and top, wrapped in a blanket. Machada is sitting in a chair in a courtroom. Machada was photographed at her trial, where she was being tried for forging her neighbor's relief (welfare) check.

Related to article, "Forgery of Relief Check Admitted By Needy Woman" [Los Angeles Times, October 23, 1935]

Handwritten on negative: Esther Machada, Elizabeth Machada - 2 mos., 10-22-35

Text from negative sleeve: 2645-- Mrs Esther Machada, Elizabeth Machada - 2 months, 10-22-35, Forgery Relief Check, [STAMPED:] OCT 29 1935

Text from newspaper caption: Mother of Five in Court, Mrs. Esther Machada, 28-year-old mother of five children, is shown in court with her youngest daughter, Elizabeth, 2 months of age, where Mrs. Machada faced a charge of forging relief checks. ["Forgery of Relief Check Admitted By Needy Woman," Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 1935]

Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles

Welfare recipients--California--Los Angeles County

Mothers--California--Los Angeles

Babies--California--Los Angeles

Forgers

Machada, Esther, b. ca. 1908

Machada, Elizabeth, b. 1935

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