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Title: Patrons playing cards in a casino, Los Angeles, 1937
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa January 1937]
1937-01
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 gathering in a casino to play card games. Hawthorne, Compton, Monterey Park, and Long Beach closed several gaming places after Attorney General Webb found games of chance unlawful.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz0027z9r8
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Gambling--California--Los Angeles
Economy
Lifestyle
Casinos--California--Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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