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Title: Patrons gamble at a chain letter racket shop, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa May 23, 1935]
1935-05-23
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Patrons engage in gambling at a chain letter racket shop. During a city-wide strike against these dollar chain racket undercover officers used marked bills and made many arrests while also confiscating money, cards, and records of the games.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Pluard, J.J.; Greenhill, Raymond, Officer; Matson, Lea; Matson, J.M.; Chain Letter Stores
Handwritten annotation on nitrate negative: Chain letter dollar stores
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz00254gnj
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Gambling--California--Los Angeles
Lifestyle
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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