Ann Forst sits with an unidentified man at the county jail after being charged with operating a prostitution ring, Los Angeles, 1940
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Text from original nitrate sleeve: Ann Forst., Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Ann Forst., Ann Forst sits with an unidentified man at the Los Angeles County jail. Forst was indicted for operating a forced prostitution ring that covered 11 states including California, Arizona, Washington, and Nevada. The FBI estimated that more than 200 women were victims of the "white slave ring", as termed by the press., Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.