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D. A. and Helen Williams reenact robbery at neighbor's home, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: D. A. and Helen Williams reenact robbery at neighbor's home, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: March 1, 1936
1936-03-01
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
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.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
This photograph appears with the article, "Neighbors Assemble for Burglary capture," Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar 1936: 2.
D. A. Williams, left, holds the unidentified reporter's arm behind him while pushing his head down. Helen Williams, right, approaches the reporter with a skillet.
Text from newspaper caption: Skillet's Worth as Weapon proved; D. A. Williams, above is demonstrating how a burglar was captured in the home of his neighbor, Ralph Jensen, as Mrs. Williams threateningly swung a frying pan. Meekly surrendering, William Hayde was given to police, who say he is wanted in Ann Arbor, Mich., for investigation of the murder of a policeman.
Text from negative sleeve: 3518 --- D. A. Williams Mrs. D. A. Williams "Nifty Blitz" - the day. (reporter as suspect) (Robbery - 59th St) 3/1/36 [stamped:] MAR 4 1936
Handwritten on negative: D. A. Williams, Mrs. D. A. Williams, Reporter as suspect
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12518
ark:/21198/zz002hmjb8
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Robberies--California--Los Angeles
Williams, Helen
Williams, D. A
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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