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Title
[Biggy, Ruef, and Foley riding in an automobile]
Creator
Dobbin, Hamilton Henry, 1856-1930
Date Created and/or Issued
[1907]
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
V2p92b
In PHOTO ALBUM-VAULT: ** fc917.9461 A3, Vol. II, page 92 top right.
This photograph is contained in one of two volumes by Dobbin titled "Album of San Francisco."
View of some of the principals in the 1907 graft trials leaving the Synagogue Sherith Israel in an automobile whose steering wheel is on the British side. Text written under photo, with names under the subjects: "[William J.] Biggy, [Abe] Ruef, Foley, Guard." Biggy and Ruef are in the back seat with Foley riding shotgun. The driver is unidentified.
Negative, no. 26,350 (4 x 5).
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photoprint ; 3 7/8 x 4 1/4 in.
Identifier
(C)001381662CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVV-4921
Subject
Ruef, Abraham,, 1864-1936
Biggy, William J
Foley, Maurice
Corruption--California--San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Group portraits
Place
California
San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)

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