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Title: "The Traveler" returns
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.
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Description: Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Photograph caption dated September 21, 1957 reads "Charles Robert Speedie, 51, of Sylmar, swings his hat to hide his face as he arrived in Los Angeles to face forgery charges which rank him as Nation's [sic] number one bad check artist. Known as 'The Traveler' because of trail of rubber checks which bounced in 44 states, he had little to say on his arrival."
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm.
Identifier: 00154983
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d058_f33_i3
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/127787
Subject: Criminals
Forgers
Men
Crime
Forgery
Check fraud
Sylmar (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Time Period: 1951-1960

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