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Followers of Robert Noble, to whom he has promised "$25 every Monday morning" as part of a pension plan, Los Angeles, 1937

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Title: Followers of Robert Noble, to whom he has promised "$25 every Monday morning" as part of a pension plan, Los Angeles, 1937
Date Created and/or Issued: [1937]
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.
Followers of Robert Noble, whom he has promised "$25 every Monday morning" as part of a pension plan. Noble's supporters were very loyal to him, even though he did not follow through on many of his promises. He was arrested on suspicion of grand theft bunko and also several misdemeanor charges including parading without a permit, blocking the road, and refusing to disperse. Noble spent five days in jail and was planning a gubernatorial campaign upon his release.
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Robert Noble crowd
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Crowd at Pension Meeting; Robert Noble's $25 Every Monday Morning
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1387_15687-02
ark:/21198/zz0025ggwn
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Crime
Crowds--California--Los Angeles
Activism
Pensions--California
Noble, Robert
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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