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Title
Victims tell of robbery
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
1959
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
Photograph caption reads: "Roy Willis, 37, center, and Frank Beckwith, 44, right, describe jewelry store holdup in which two gunmen took $8,200 in rings, watches and cash today, to West Valley patrolman E. M. Gunther. Robbers left scene in station wagon owned by Willis, jewelry store owner, and later abandoned it in vacant lot". Photograph dated: June 3, 1959.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00083269
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d003_f3_i12
CARL0004762348
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/42672
Subject
Jewelry theft--California--Granada Hills (Los Angeles)
Jewelry stores--California--Granada Hills (Los Angeles)
Police--California--Los Angeles
Granada Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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