Safe stolen from Oxnard discovered in Brown Canyon
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Valley Times Photo Collection
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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
Photograph article dated December 15, 1949 partially reads, "A safe believed to have been stolen in a Ventura County burglary has been found in Brown Canyon, north of Devonshire St., Chatsworth, Valley police reported. The safe, wrapped in a sack, was found by Paul Browning and Joe Smith, both of Route 1, Simi, during a search for junk metal. Police Officer G. Moulder said the gunny sack bore the trademark American Crystal Sugar Co., Oxnard." Photograph caption reads, "Looted safe - Valley Policeman G. R. Perry examines strong box in brown Canyon, north of Devonshire. Officers learn safe was taken in burglary from Ventura County shop."
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image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Safes Safe-deposit boxes--California--Los Angeles Burglary investigation--California--Los Angeles Burglary--California--Los Angeles Theft--California--Los Angeles Police--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Chatsworth (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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