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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated September 19, 1960 partially reads, "In a lightning pre-dawn raid on a Van Nuys house, sheriff's deputies today arrested Fred John Hansen, the convicted gunman who escaped from the Los Angeles Hospital prison ward Aug. 12....Arrested with Hansen in the house was Diane Collins, 22, who was jailed on suspicion of aiding and abetting an escapee. Hansen was convicted July 11 of the $11,000 robbery of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's credit union."; See images #00110977 through #00110978 for all photos in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Criminals--California--Los Angeles Female offenders--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Escaped prisoners--California--Los Angeles Bank robberies--California--Los Angeles Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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