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Edward J. "Spike" O'Donnell, Chicago beer runner, sitting on a bench, Los Angeles, 1934

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Title: Edward J. "Spike" O'Donnell, Chicago beer runner, sitting on a bench, Los Angeles, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued: [April 18, 1934]
1934-04-18
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Spike O'Donnell sits on a bench. He wears a checked suit, brimmed hat, and has a coat slung over his left arm. His right arm is bent and his hand rests on his right thigh. A paper bag is on the ground under the bench. He is looking at the camera, unsmiling.
Edward J. "Spike" O'Donnell, a Chicago beer runner, was in Los Angeles when he was charged with vagrancy. On a mutual agreement, he agreed to leave Los Angeles years instead of going to jail.
A different photograph of Spike O'Donnell taken on the same day appears with the article "O'Donnell Quits City: Jail for 'Spike' if He Returns," Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr 1934: A1.
Text on negative sleeve: O'DONNELL, EDWARD J. (SPIKE) CHICAGO HOOD 1926/7 (the 6 and 7 are typed over each other)
Handwritten on negative: Edward J. O'Donnell
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_6877
ark:/21198/zz002cx5rj
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Sentences (Criminal procedures)--California--Los Angeles
Gangsters--Illinois--Chicago
Criminals--Illinois--Chicago
O'Donnell, Spike (James Edward O'Donnell), 1889-1962
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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