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Title
Raid on oriental gambling den
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1954
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
Crowd of 55 Oriental gamblers were caught in a gambling raid at 505 1/2 East First Street. City administrative vice squadders cracked into their den by sledge-hammering three successive doors. Photo dated: July 28, 1954.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00039599
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 1065.
CARL0000043253
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/15154
Subject
Gambling--California--Los Angeles
Gambling and crime--California--Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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