Image / Harry Dunlap known as the "badge bandit," Los Angeles, 1924

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Title: Harry Dunlap known as the "badge bandit," 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: Copy print of a studio portrait photograph of Harry Dunlap, who was convicted in 1924 of a series of holdups and assaults that took place over a two year period. He was ultimately sentenced to 60 years in prison. Dunlap was known as the "badge bandit" because he would dress as a police officer and hold up and assault people parked in their cars.
Handwritten on negative: Harry Dunlap
Text from negative sleeve: Dunlap, Harry J.
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3701_G1366
ark:/21198/z13v593d
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Criminals--California--Los Angeles
Dunlap, Harry J., 1885-1964
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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