Assistant cashier E. J. Ryan, bus driver M. H. Fisher and bank manager Charles Griffiths review details of a robbery at Bank of America, Los Angeles, 1936
US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Two men remain seated while a third peers over one's shoulder at documents placed on the desk in front of them. Photorgaph appears with the article, "Hollywood Bank Robbed," Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar 1936: 3. Text from newspaper caption: M. H. Fisher, center, bus driver, is describing to officials of the Melrose-Bronson Branch of the Bank of America how he attempted to block the escape of bandits who raided the bank of about $6000. Left to right are E. J. Ryan, assistant cashier; Fisher, and Charles Griffiths, manager. Text from negative sleeve: 3484 - Charles Griffiths (Bank Mgr) M. H. Fisher (Bus driver) E. J. Ryan (asst cashier) Bank Robbery - Melrose and Bronson 3/2/36 [stamped:] Mar 4 1936 Handwritten on negative: Bank Robbery - 3/2/36 - Melrose and Bronson - 12 E. J. Ryan - asst cashier M. H. Fisher - Bus driver Charles Griffiths
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12464 ark:/21198/zz002hmggc
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Robberies--California--Los Angeles Fisher, M.H., b. 1903 Ryan, E. J., (Assistant cashier) Griffiths, Charles, (Bank manager)
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