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Title: Charles Courtney, celebrated locksmith, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: August 1935
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.
Charles Courtney's locksmith activities are reported in 2 articles in August 1935: "Lock Expert to Kings Opens Safe of Houdini," Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 1935: A1; and "Problems Await Divers After Finding Lusitania," Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 1935: 6.
Photograph of locksmith Charles Courtney seated at a desk with a lock in his hands and a ring of keys on the desk.
Text from negative sleeve: 1795. Charles Courtney. Lock Expert. Aug. 28-35. [Stamp:] AUG 30 1935.
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_10188
ark:/21198/zz002ddzrb
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Locksmiths
Courtney, Charles 1890-1947
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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