Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Different photographs taken on the same occasion appear with the article, “Fake Bomb Sent to M’Adoo Causes Downtown Furor,” Los Angeles Times, 25 Jul 1934: 1. Thad Brown (left) kneels over a suspicious package that J. P. Filkas (right) cautiously inspects with one hand. A suspicious package was sent to William Gibbs McAdoo, junior Senator, at the Trans-America Building on July 24, 1934. It was moved to a vacant lot near 2nd and Flower streets by Det. Lt. Thad F. Brown and Det. Lt. Joe P. Filkas, where they discovered it was harmless though “it certainly looked genuine.” Text from negative sleeve: Brown, Thad F. Chief of Dect.? Handwritten on negative: Thad F. Brown J. P. Filkas
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_1279 ark:/21198/zz002dbq79
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Detectives--California--Los Angeles Brown, Thad, 1902-1970 Filkas, Joseph, 1897-1968
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