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Title
Pat on the back for Edward G. Robinson Jr. from dad
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1954
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 was edited for publication purposes.; Photograph included in the Exhibit: All Rise! Hollywood & the Herald Go to Court.
Photograph caption dated September 18, 1954 reads, "Famed actor (right) is at his son's side today as youth goes on trial accused of two robberies; and at his other side, his wife (Francis Chisholm Robinson)." The younger Robinson, who was frequently in trouble with the law, allegedly robbed two taxi drivers. Here, at the Santa Monica courthouse, he denied the charges and the end result was a mistrial.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00110794
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 2227
CARL0005233348
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/33909
Subject
Robinson, Edward G.,--1893-1973
Robinson, Edward G.,--1933-1974
Robinson, Edward G.,--1933-1974--Trials, litigation, etc
Robinson, Edward G.,--1933-1974--Family
California.--Superior Court (Los Angeles County)
Trials (Robbery)--California--Santa Monica
Fathers and sons--California--Santa Monica
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States
Couples--California--Santa Monica
Courthouses--California--Santa Monica
Santa Monica (Calif.)
Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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