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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated June 7, 1958 partially reads, "A flying window shade which snapped out of the hand of a 1 1/2-year-old tike today raised the curtain on a cache of machine guns and a bizarre plan by a band of teenagers to hijack an armored car, according to police. Officers waited at the home of Charles Rodger, 29, at 13641 Runnymede St., Van Nuys, last night to arrest him and three teenagers who said that the 'gunsmith' had been assembling sub-machine guns for them."; See images #00123807 through #00123808 for all photos in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Criminal investigation--California--Los Angeles Criminals--California--Los Angeles Gunsmiths--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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