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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated October 27, 1953 reads, "Albert Lizer, Sherman Oaks grocer holds bandit note which he thought was a joke, until bandit pointed gun at his head. He gave up $400 to a pretty blonde and her male cohort."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Crime--California--Los Angeles Robbery--California--Los Angeles Clerks (Retail trade)--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Cash registers--California--Los Angeles Grocery stores--California--Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles) Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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