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Cult victim Delight Jewett with her father Norman Jewett and U.S. Attorney Fleet Palmer, Los Angeles, 1937

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Text from original nitrate sleeve: Jewett, Delight; Jewett, Norman; Palmer, Fleet -- US Atty.Delight Jewett, her father Norman Jewett, and U.S. Attorney Fleet Palmer. The seventeen-year-old Delight Jewett, a follower of cult leader Father Divine, was to be a witness in the case against fellow Divine follower John Wuest Hunt, who had molested Jewett under the pretense of immaculate conception. From left to right, Delight Jewett, Fleet Palmer, and Norman Jewett.Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Delight Jewett, Norman Jewett
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Jewett, Delight, -- 1920 (subject)Palmer, William Fleet, -- 1862-1942 (subject)University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Dept. of Special Collections (repository)Jewett, Norman (subject)
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Keywords

  1. Abused Children
  2. California
  3. Crime
  4. Government
  5. Legal
  6. Los Angeles
  7. People

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