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Title: Wife nabbed in mass raid
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection;
Contributor: This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued: 1958
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
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Description: Photograph caption dated February 14, 1958 reads "Mrs. Renee Stopeck, 40, clutches cigarette in her hand as she fills out data card at Burbank jail. She was one of six persons arrested in mass vice squad raid. Officers say Valley's biggest bookmaking business made as high as $6,000 a day. Headquarters were in North Hollywood." See images 00155951 through 00155956 for all photos in this series.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Identifier: 00155952
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d060_f11_i31
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/129186
Subject: Criminals
Women
Bookmakers (Gambling)
Book-making (Betting)
Crime
Jails
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Time Period: 1951-1960

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