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Charlotte M. Yates, E. Carl Yates, Jr., and Betty Jane Yates at bank robbery hearing, El Monte, 1936

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Title: Charlotte M. Yates, E. Carl Yates, Jr., and Betty Jane Yates at bank robbery hearing, El Monte, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: January 31, 1936
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.
This photograph is related to the article, "Two Bank Bandits Shot to Death in El Monte Battle," Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb 1936: 1.
The Yates family sits in a courtroom. From left to right: Charlotte Marlon Yates, with her back to the camera; E. Carl Yates, Jr.; Betty Jane Yates, her purse partially obscuring her face.
Frank F. Smith was arrested for the robbery of the El Monte bank that killed his two accomplices, Clarence Henry Smith and Emory Carl Yates, and blew off the finger of Officer Joseph Fritsch.
Handwritten on negative: L2R Mrs Charlotte Yates, E. C. Yates Jr, Betty Jane Yates 1-31-36
Text from negative sleeve: Mrs. Charlotte Yates, E. C. Yates Jr, Betty Jane Yates, J. F. Mountain [sic], Lawrence Butterfield, Tillie Irwine, El Monte Bank robbery 1-31-36 [stamped:] FEB 4 1936
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12551
ark:/21198/zz002hmkgt
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Judicial proceedings--California--El Monte
Robberies--California--El Monte
Yates, Charlotte Marlon, 1893-1952
Yates, Emry Carl, Jr., 1915-1984
Yates, Betty Jane, 1917-1991
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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