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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated June 6, 1950 reads, "Donald P. Bookwalter, 23, of Sacramento, is in Valley jail today, confessed robber of Van Nuys branch of Bank of America, after giving himself up to police because his girl friend, Miss Margaret Sweet, 20, a dance hall hostess of Van Nuys, told him to."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Crime--California--Los Angeles Robbery--California--Los Angeles Bank robberies--California--Los Angeles Criminals--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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