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Detective Lieutenant Joe Filkas investigates the murder of Sam Allen, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Detective Lieutenant Joe Filkas investigates the murder of Sam Allen, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: July 7, 1935
1935-07-07
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 Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
This photograph is likely related to the article, "MAN KILLED BY ROBBERS: Hardware Storekeeper Hit on Head in Furious Death Struggle," Los Angeles Times, 8 Jul. 1935: 3
At center, Detective Lieutenant Joe Filkas crouches down behind a hardware store counter as he investigates the murder of the store's proprietor, Sam Allen. An iron bar and shoe iron like on the counter in front of Det. Lt. Filkas. Behind him, small boxes of merchandise line the store's shelves.
Handwritten on negative: 132 132 Dect Lt Joe Filkas - 7/7/35 Sam Allen Murder
Handwritten text from negative sleeve: 1003-- Dt. Lt. Joe Filkas Sam Allen Murder 7/7/35 [stamped:] JUL 10 1935
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_7319
ark:/21198/zz002df07h
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles
Crime scenes--California--Los Angeles
Detectives--California--Los Angeles
Hardware stores--California--Los Angeles
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Robberies--California--Los Angeles
Filkas, Joseph, 1897-1968
Allen, Samuel, d. 1935
Source: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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