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. 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. 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. Handwritten on negative: Getaway car El Monte Bank Holdup. 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.
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12557 ark:/21198/zz002hmkpx
Subject
Automobiles--American--California--El Monte Robberies--California--El Monte Spectators--California--El Monte
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