Image / Harry Adler crouches under a shelf, Los Angeles, circa 1927-1931

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Title: Harry Adler crouches under a shelf, Los Angeles, circa 1927-1931
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1927-1931]
1927/1931
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: Adler crouches amongst shelves, perhaps where the Sheriff department safe was kept. Adler, along with former deputy sheriff Karl Wallach, took money from the safe as a prank to embarrass another deputy, George Barton. During the prank, Adler hid inside the safe. Reported in "Joke Theft Suspect in Guilty Plea," Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 1927: A3.
Handwritten on negative: Harry S. Adler
Text from negative sleeve: Adler, Harry. Dep. Sheriff.
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3690_G015
ark:/21198/z1rc2xbx
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Practical jokes
Sheriffs--California--Los Angeles
Robberies--California--Los Angeles
Adler, Harry S., 1907-1936
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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