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 a crowd standing outside of a building that houses the Masonic Temple, the Daily Bread Shop, and the Southern County Bank. It appears to be raining, as several people are using umbrellas and the roads are slick with water. There are several cars and some palm trees in the background. Handwritten on negative: So County Bank El Monte 1-31-36. Text from negative sleeve: 3532—El Monte Bank Robbery, Constable R. L. Foell. Act Chief E. Wiggins, Frank Smith, P.M. Kunou, Dep. Sheriff, E.S. Strong, Joseph Fritsch, Mrs Ann Smith, So County Bank. El Monte 1-31-36. [Stamped:] FEB 4 1936. Text from newspaper caption: Here is the Southern County Bank at Main and El Monte streets in El Monte where two bandits were slain and one captured as they attempted bank robbery yesterday with the county’s best pistol marksmen meeting near-by. A girl reporter summoned the officers, two of whom were slightly wounded in a quick gun battle.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12554 ark:/21198/zz002hmkkc
Language
English
Subject
Spectators--California--El Monte Banks--California--El Monte Robberies--California--El Monte
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