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Title: Crowd gathers around chain letter racket shop, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: 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.
A crowd gathers around a chain letter racket shop. A city-wide police strike cracked down on the illegal shops, with officers joining the gambling undercover and then making arrests.
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Chain letter crowd
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Pluard, J.J.; Greenhill, Raymond, Officer; Matson, Lea; Matson, J.M.; Chain Letter Stores
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz00254gp2
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Events
Crimes--California--Los Angeles
Activism
Crowds--California--Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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