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Traffic officer R. W. Olson with a briefcase bomb used in an attempted bank robbery, Los Angeles, 1931

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Title: Traffic officer R. W. Olson with a briefcase bomb used in an attempted bank robbery, Los Angeles, 1931
Date Created and/or Issued: December 31, 1931
1931-12-31
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: Traffic officer R. W. Olson standing behind the briefcase bomb that Timothy P. Blevins used in an attempted bank robbery. Photo appears with the article, "Spring Street Banker Frustrated Bomber who Demands $100,000 in Death Threat," Los Angeles Times, 01 Jan. 1932: A.
Text from negative sleeve: Blevins, Timothy. Bank robbery attempt. 1/2/32
Handwritten on negative: Timothy Blevins
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3694_G497
ark:/21198/z19659dr
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Bombs--American--California--Los Angeles
Bank robberies--California--Los Angeles
Police--California--Los Angeles
Evidence, Criminal
Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department
Blevins, Timothy P., b. 1909
Olson, R.W
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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