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Title
Mickey Cohen hiding from killers
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1948
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Mickey Cohen, who said he believed killers meant to get him, escaped death by being in washroom when gunmen splattered his office. He said he held door shut and climbed on sink in case gunmen decided to "spray" bullets through door. Photo dated: August 19, 1948.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00057574
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 9741.; HE-001-425 4x5
CARL0000062401
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/22556
Subject
Cohen, Mickey,--1914-1976
Organized crime--California--Los Angeles
Gangsters--United States
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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