Image / Andrew Roberts, Los Angeles, 1924

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Title: Andrew Roberts, Los Angeles, 1924
Date Created and/or Issued: 1924
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Hoaxer Robert Andrews seated, holding a newspaper in his lap. Andrews used the fake name Sir Walter Robert Douglas and scammed people by posing as nobility and as a musician.
Text from negative sleeve: Douglas, Robert Walter Sir. Singer.
Handwritten on negative: Dr. Sir Robert Walter Douglas
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3701_G1351
ark:/21198/z1228mn6
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Fraud--California--Los Angeles
Andrews, Robert
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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