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Title
Chester A. Lloyd survives being shot in the chest, Los Angeles, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued
January 1934
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
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Photograph appears with the article, "With Gunpowder," Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan 1934: H5.
Detective Lieutenant Lloyd stands in front of a plain backdrop with one hand behind his back.
Against all odds Captain Lloyd has survived being shot four times in the chest by a criminal.
Text from negative sleeve: Lloyd, Chester A. Capt. Police
Text from newspaper caption: Chester A. Lloyd
Handwritten on negative: Chester A Lloyd
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_5726
ark:/21198/zz002cvt2g
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Victims of crimes--California--Los Angeles
Police--California--Los Angeles
Lloyd, Chester A., 1887-1973
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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