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Title
Shaky knifeman steals dope
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.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Description
Photograph caption dated September 18, 1957 reads "Druggist Frank Morris, 47, inspects his narcotics safe at 10143 Riverside Dr., Toluca Lake, after nervous knifeman forced him to open it and took large amount of dope. Woman accomplice made clerk hand over $175 in cash from cash register."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm.
Identifier
00155080
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d059_f1_i28
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/127982
Subject
Pharmacists
Victims of crimes
Men
Robbery
Safes
Toluca Lake (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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