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Title: James Durn, in Hollywood jail, says he knew slain blonde
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator: Dean, Gordon
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: 1962
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.
Description: Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph article dated June 24, 1962 partially reads, "Police today are questioning a 26-year-old man who said he lived a short time with the blonde woman bandit shot last month in Burbank during a liquor store holdup...Durn, arrested early Friday, has admitted holding up the Pom Pom Cafe, 5901 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, police said, and says the blonde was with him at the time. Durn said he knew the girl as 'Kitty' and 'Irene' but doesn't know her last name."
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00123960
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d028_f12_i1
CARL0005416893
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/55723
Subject: Criminals--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Jails--California--Los Angeles
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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