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Title
Leading marijuana smuggler caught
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1947
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
Title supplied by cataloger.
Photograph caption dated November 7, 1947 reads, "Lynn D. Talbot, asserted leader of drug ring nabbed." Nine men, including Talbot, 31, were arrested after it was discovered that they were smuggling marijuana packed in hermetically sealed cans from Mexico and distributing it here among Hollywood celebrities. Talbot, also known as Victor C. Sanders, of 4834 Brooklyn Avenue, is a doorman at a Sunset Strip cafe frequented by Hollywood elite.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00094465
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 86; HE-001-437 4x5 (no negative)
CARL0005021587
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/29289
Subject
Criminals--California--Los Angeles
Drug traffic--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Portrait photographs
Time Period
1941-1950

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