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Sheriff R. S. Snedigar and deputies Louis H. Miller and Carl McNew pose with rifles, Victorville, 1935

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Title: Sheriff R. S. Snedigar and deputies Louis H. Miller and Carl McNew pose with rifles, Victorville, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: [between June-July 1935]
1935-06/1935-07
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 Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Likely related to the articles, "KIDNAP HUNT ON IN DESERT: Weyerhaeuser Gang Capture Believed Near as Auto Flees Pursuers KIDNAP HUNT TURNS SOUTH Desert Highways Blocked as Armed Suspect Trio Heads Into Wilds," Los Angeles Times, 11 Jun. 1935: 1, and, "DESERT CAR HUNT PUSHED: New Clews Hint Kidnap Link Man at Depot Resembles Fugitive and Cafe Owner Tells of Money Swap," Los Angeles Times, 12 Jun. 1935: 4
From left to right, deputies Carl McNew, Louis H. Miller and Sheriff R. S. Snedigar pose with their firearms. They stand around a car which sits off-center to the left and is viewed at an angle from the front. Carl McNew stands at left and leans into the car while cradling his rifle in his elbow bend. At far right, R. S. Snedigar stands ahead of the car and rests a foot on the car's front bumper. He holds a Tommy Gun. Behind and to the left of him, Louis H. Miller stands just in front of the open driver's side door and holds up a rifle.
Handwritten on negative: R. S. Snedigar Louis H. Miller Carl Mc New
Handwritten text from negative sleeve: 1266-- R. S. Snedigar, Louis H. Miller, Carl Mc New Victorville- Weyerhauser Bills 7/30/35 [stamped:] AUG 1- 1935
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_7647
ark:/21198/zz002dfcjg
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Investigation--California--Victorville
Sheriffs--California--Victorville
Detectives--California--Victorville
Firearms
Ransom--American--California--Victorville
Automobiles--American--California--Victorville
Kidnappings
Snedigar, Robert Stanley, 1904-1984
Miller, Louis H., b. 1908
Weyerhaeuser, George H. (George Hunt)
McNew, Carl, 1887-1951
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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