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Frank Perry (left), Redondo Beach City Attorney, John L. McClain (center), Mayor of Redondo Beach, and Harry M. Petersen, Redondo Beach Chief of Police, witnesses in a gambling case, Redondo Beach, 1935

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Title: Frank Perry (left), Redondo Beach City Attorney, John L. McClain (center), Mayor of Redondo Beach, and Harry M. Petersen, Redondo Beach Chief of Police, witnesses in a gambling case, Redondo Beach, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: September 25, 1935
1935-09-25
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.
Frank Perry, John L. McClain, and Harry M. Petersen were all called on as witnesses in a case arguing if tango games (similar to bingo) were considered gambling.
Related to "Beach Tango Rows Aired," Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep 1935: A3.
Frank Perry (left), Redondo Beach City Attorney, John L. McClain (center), Mayor of Redondo Beach, and Harry M. Petersen, Redondo Beach Chief of Police sit side-by-side in front of a desk. On the desk are four books and a deskpad. On the deskpad are a pair of scissors, a box of glue, an ashtray, a pencil, and some slips of paper. Perry has some folded paper laying in front of him; his right hand rests on the paper. McClain holds a notepad in his right hand. Petersen rests his left elbow on the desk.
Handwritten on negative sleeve: 2339. L to R-- Frank Perry - Redondo City. Atty. John L. McClain - Mayor of Redondo Harry M. Petersen - Redondo Chief of Police [stamped:] Oct 3 1[illegible]5
Text on door behind men: 558 PRIVATE
Text on box of glue: ARCHER'S LIQUID GLUE
Handwritten on negative: L to R -- Frank Perry - John L. McClain - Harry M. Petersen 9-25-35
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_8762
ark:/21198/zz002dgq0g
Language: English
Subject: Witnesses--California--Redondo Beach
Mayors--California--Redondo Beach
Lawyers--California--Redondo Beach
Police chiefs--California--Redondo Beach
Gambling--California--Los Angeles County
Petersen, Harry M. (Harry Magnus), 1892-1947
McClain, John L. (John Leonard), 1886-1936
Perry, Frank L., 1880 or 81-1961
Source: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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