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 may be associated 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 of children posing with the getaway car used in the robbery of Southern County Bank in El Monte. Two men sit inside of the car, presumably police officers. A few people in the distance hold umbrellas, indicating that it might have been raining when this photograph was taken. 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. Handwritten on negative: Getaway car El Monte Bank Holdup.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12557 ark:/21198/zz002hmkpx
Subject
Spectators--California--El Monte Automobiles--American--California--El Monte Robberies--California--El Monte
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