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Title
Bank of America branch after bank robbery, Los Angeles, 1932
Date Created and/or Issued
August 24, 1932
1932-08-24
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.
Large crowd gathered in front of Bank of America building, 2-story brick building at intersection of Broadway and 57th Street, with 2 police officers near center, street and cars in foreground, house at right. Additional business and adversting signs read: Printin[g], Tailoring, Cleaning and Pressing, Hats Cleaned, Blocked, Metropolitan Printing, Easte[rn?] Dye Work, Happily Ever After with a Nash
This photograph appears with the article “Bandits, Shot to Death by Banker in Gun Fight, Linked to Jewelry Store Hold-up Murder, Two Robbers Fall in Clash, Both Reported Kirkpatrick Slaying Participants, Police Net Closes on Pair Who Made Escape, Assistant Cashier May Die as Result of Wound.” Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 1932: A2
Text from newspaper caption: Scene of Battle Fatal to Two Bank Bandits. The scene of the attempted hold-up and shooting--Bank of America branch office, 5636 South Broadway.
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Bank of America, Fire in old neg file, Architecture & cars
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_0979
0979
ark:/21198/zz002dbbwt
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Bank robberies--California--Los Angeles
Bank of America
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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