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Bank manager T. H. Holmes and cashier A. R. Collins, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Bank manager T. H. Holmes and cashier A. R. Collins, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: January 31, 1936
1936-01-31
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
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.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Hero in Bank Hold-Up Hunted in Second Raid," Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan 1936: A3.
Mr. Holmes and Mr. Collins stand side-by-side with Mr. Collins pulling aside his jacket to reveal a partially concealed holster.
After Collins successfully stopped a robbery by shooting a bandit at the Washington-Vineyard branch of Bank of America, two of the bandit's friends came back to rob again and seek vengeance. Manager T. H. Holmes lied that Mr. Collins was out to lunch, and the robbers made off with $1475.50.
Text from negative sleeve: 3487 - LtR- A. R. Collins (cashier had gun ready) x T. H. Holmes (Bank Mgr) Bank Robbery 1-24-36 [stamped:] Jan 31 1936
Handwritten on negative: T. H. Holmes A. R. Collins
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12467
ark:/21198/zz002hmgkx
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Bankers--California--Los Angeles
Banks--California--Los Angeles
Collins, A. R
Holmes, T.H
Bank of America
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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