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Police officer Robert Martinez returning stolen Oscar statue to costume designer, Bill Thomas in Los Angeles, Calif., 1976

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Title: Police officer Robert Martinez returning stolen Oscar statue to costume designer, Bill Thomas in Los Angeles, Calif., 1976
Contributor: Fontanini, Steve
Date Created and/or Issued: June 23, 1976
1976-11-22
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: OSCAR'S BACK--William Petersen, whose professional name is Bill Thomas, gets OSCAR from LAPD "presenter" Robert Martinez in police property room. Statuette was lost in Bel-Air burglary
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b790_283370
ark:/21198/zz0002qjq5
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Academy Awards (Motion pictures)
Robbery--California--Los Angeles County
Arts
Costume designers--California--Los Angeles
Legal
Thomas, Bill, 1921-2000
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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