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. This photograph appears with the article, “TWO BANK BANDITS SHOT TO DEATH IN EL MONTE BATTLE: THIRD SEIZED AS OFFICERS’ PISTOL TEAM RUSHES TO SCENE AFTER ALARM; TWO LAW ENFORCERS WOUNDED,” Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 1936:1. Photograph of Mrs. Frank F. Smith, wife of bank robber Frank Forrest Smith. Mrs. Smith’s maiden name is Madeline Harrison. Here she is shown being questioned by a man smoking a cigarette while sitting at a desk covered in newspapers and other documents. Behind her there are some clipboards hanging from the wall, as well as a radio. Text from negative sleeve: 3532—Alice Williams, Josephine Littlefield, Ruth Bruton, Mrs Frank Smith, R Bruce Hunter, Frank F. Smith, El Monte Bank Robbery, 1-31-36. [Stamped:] FEB 4 1936. Handwritten on negative: Mrs Frank F Smith, wife, Bank robber 1-31-36. Text from newspaper caption: Mrs. Frank. F. Smith of Glendale, wife of bank bandit. She was questioned in the affair.
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12541 ark:/21198/zz002hmk4n
Subject
Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles Fur coats Spouses--California--Los Angeles Harrison, Madeline, 1895-1971
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