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Description
9 images. 100 officers in narcotic raid ($500,000 haul) lineup of suspects, 26 March 1956. Walter R. Creighton (Cheif of Narcotics Bureau) A.V. Beckner (State supervisor of Narcotics Inspectors) Captain K.E. Irving (Sheriff's Narcotic Squad) Capt. Lou Walter (Police Narcotics) Deputy Chief Thad Brown Harold G. Robinson (Deputy Director, State Deptartment of Justice). Caption slip reads: “Photographer: Olmo. Date: 1956-03-25. Reporter: Bosquet. Assignment: Dope. 75-76: Dep. Chief of Police Thad Brown shows on Police map trouble points involving dope pushing concentration in the city. Map was guide to officers in raids netting arrests of asserted [sic] dope peddlers. 71/72: Line up in dope raid. 77/78: In Dep. Chief Thad Brown's office, summing up results of big dope raid are, rear row: Walter R. Creighton, chief of State's Narcotics Bureau A.V. Beckner, state supervisor of narcotics inspectors Capt. K.E. Irving of the Sheriff's narcotics squad Capt. Lou Walter of Police Narcotics front row: Div./ Dep. Chief Brown and Harold G. Robinson, dep. dir., Sate Dept. of Justice".
Type
image
Format
9 photographs : negatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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