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Title
Death ends career of gunman-robber
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection;
Creator
Clarke, Ed
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
1956
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 December 31, 1956 reads, "Bandit wheeled away from last crime - Edward B. Jackson, on stretcher, is rolled from Burbank drug store by Snyder ambulance attendants Jack Flannery, left, and Bob Low after being fatally shot by policeman Scott Cowen who caught him robbing establishment. Police Sgt. Burton Fiske and unidentified spectator are shown at scene. Jackson was pronounced dead at St. Joseph Hospital." See image 00147018 for additional photo in this series.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Identifier
00147017
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d056_ f21_i8
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/127229
Subject
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Department
Emergency medical personnel--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Wounds and injuries--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Stores & shops--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Drugstores--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Criminals--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Robbery--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Crime--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Police--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Men--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period
1951-1960

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