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Larson, John A. (John Augustus) Photographs from the John A. Larson papers.
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Title:
Photographs from the John A. Larson papersCreator/Contributor:
Larson, John A. (John Augustus), 1892-1965, creatorAbstract:
Photographs related to John Larson's professional career and, particularly, early polygraphs.
Date:
1930 (issued)Subject:
Criminology -- History -- 20th century -- PhotographsLie detectors and detection -- Photographs
Criminologie -- Histoire -- 20e siècle -- Photographies
Détecteurs de mensonge -- Photographies
Polygraph operators
Larson, John A. (John Augustus) -- 1892-1965 -- Photographs
Note:
Compiled by John A. Larson.
Transferred from the John A. Larson papers (BANC MSS 78/160 cz).
In 1921, John Augustus Larson, a young medical student at the University of California, Berkeley, assembled the first American
polygraph lie detector for Berkeley Chief of Police, August Vollmer. Larson went on to specialize in criminal psychology,
working with police departments and mental hospitals in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, New Mexico, and South Dakota.
Photographs from the John A. Larson papers, BANC PIC 1978.202, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphicHistory.
Physical Description:
photoprint
approximately 40 photographs : black and white prints ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
Language:
English