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Title: Burglars wheel away safe
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection;
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: 1957
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.
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Description: Photograph caption dated November 12, 1957 reads "William J. Schuessler, 60, points to hole in ceiling of his store at 15960 Ventura Blvd., Encino, which burglars chopped to gain entry. Watching are Francis M. Schaffer, Encino postmaster, and L. H. Stoddard, post office inspector. Thieves turned out lights and in full view of display window and on dolly wheeled away safe with $6,000 to $8,000 in receipts."
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 14 x 11 cm.
Identifier: 00155486
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d059_f21_i2
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/128517
Subject: Businessmen
Victims of crimes
Postmasters
Postal service--Employees
Burglary
Crime
Pointing (Gesture)
Encino (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Time Period: 1951-1960

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