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Robbery suspect Alex Smit being held at police station with officer K. E. Kurtz, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Robbery suspect Alex Smit being held at police station with officer K. E. Kurtz, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: Aug. 1, 1935
1935-08-01
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.
Finnish tailor Alex Smit being held for question at Georgia St. police station by Officer K. E. Kurtz after being chased down by a garage owner, who claimed that Smit had stolen his watch.
Refer to article, "Two Business men Trap Suspected Pair in Chases," Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 1935: A2.
Handwritten on negative: Alex Smith, K. E. Kurtz (cop), 8/1/35
Text on negative sleeve: 1594 - Alex Smith (x) K. E. Kurtz (cop); (x) Susp. Robbery, 8/1/35
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9937
ark:/21198/zz002dj3hf
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Police--California--Los Angeles
Police stations--California--Los Angeles
Criminals--California--Los Angeles
Kurtz, K. E. (Karl Emmanuel), 1905-1955
Smit, Alex, b. 1887
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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