Image / Realty racketeering criminal Louis Berman stands outside courtrooom, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Realty racketeering criminal Louis Berman stands outside courtrooom, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: October 22, 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.
Louis Berman, jailed because of real estate racketeering, stands outside a courtroom. He appears to be in a hallway with a public water fountain. He wears a fedora and suit.
Related to article, "Four Accuse L. Berman: Realty Racket Charge" Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 1935
Handwritten on nitrate negative: Louis Berman, 10-22-35
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2641-- Louis Berman, 10-22-35, grand theft suspect - real estate racket, (brother of Jacob Berman, alias Jack Bennett of Julian Petroleum), [stamped:] OCT 29 1935
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9144
ark:/21198/zz002dh55s
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Real estate business--California--Los Angeles
Criminals--California--Los Angeles
Racketeering--California--Los Angeles
Berman, Louis, b. ca. 1897
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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