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Title
Gambling gunman loses to police
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
1957
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 was edited for publication purposes.
Photograph caption dated December 17, 1957 reads "Dressed in his bathrobe and slippers, Herbert Cane, 25, is led away from his home at 12533 Killion St., North Hollywood, by detective George Meylink, flanked by two uniformed policeman [sic]. Cane, who said he turned to crime to recoup Gardena gambling losses, confessed to five Valley armed robberies in past four days. He was captured following gun-battle at liquor store."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print : b&w ; 19 x 16 cm.
Identifier
00155591
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d059_f29_i31
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/128669
Subject
Criminals
Gamblers
Detectives
Police
Men
Crime
Arrest (Police methods)
North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Night photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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