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Title: F. J. Mountain on the witness stand, El Monte, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: February 4, 1936
1936-02-04
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 Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Bank Bandit Fight Told," Los Angeles Times, 05 Feb 1936: A8.
Mountain sits at the witness stand, with his finger pointing to the left of the frame.
F. J. Mountain, manager of Southern County Bank in El Monte, testified during the trial against Frank F. Smith, who fatally robbed the bank on January 31st.
Text from negative sleeve: 3532--- 2/8/36 F. J. Mountain Mgr Elmonte [sic] Bank 2-4-36
Handwritten on negative: F. J. Mountain 2-4-36
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12545
ark:/21198/zz002hmk8q
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Robberies--California--El Monte
Judicial proceedings--California--El Monte
Mountain, F. J
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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