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Title
Three persons nabbed at "dollar shop"
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1935
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Officers nabbed three persons at the Grand Avenue "dollar shop"--the proprietor, I. M. Matson; his daughter, Leah, and J. J. Pluard. Photo shows, left to right: Pluard; Dectective Lieut. R. Greenhill; Miss Matson and Matson. Addressed letters containing dollar bills were mailed after officers confiscated typwriters and a file of names. Police ordered all the "dollar shops" to close. Photo dated: May 23, 1935.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00056887
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 5669.
CARL0000060434
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/22000
Subject
Gambling
Risk
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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