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Title: Pages 2 and 3 of the Pridham Blackmail Letter, Los Angeles, 1926
Date Created and/or Issued: March, 1926
1926-03
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.
Related to the article, "PRIDHAM GIVEN DEATH THREAT: Suspect Jailed by Police Extortion..." Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 1926: A1.
Blackmail letter addressed to R. W. Pridham, former president of the chamber of commerce. Beginning of Page 2: "Sharp,, not that time,, leave it buy you and your Chauffeur. if we see any sign of the law around this place we will not touch tbe box. we will kill you-and your daughter-and your wife..."
Handwritten on negative sleeve: Pridham, R.W.. M.M. 1928
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_7256
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Extortion--California--Los Angeles
Pridham, R. W. (Richard W.), 1856-1938
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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