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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated November 2, 1953 reads, "Blonde Joan Blair Curley, 23, caught early today emerging from a Ventura boulevard liquor store with $13.70, told police she burglarized the store 'to pay my rent.' Police 'offered' her free room and board at City Jail."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
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