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Paul McDonald, Joe Shapiro and Charles Forbes wait in the District Attorney's office, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Paul McDonald, Joe Shapiro and Charles Forbes wait in the District Attorney's office, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa February 27, 1936]
1936-02-27
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
At center, from left to right, Paul McDonald and Joe Shapiro sit behind a table or desk in the District Attorney's office after being brought in for questioning on racketeering charges. At far right, Claude Forbes leans over the table and reaches for McDonald. McDonald and Forbes appear to be in a fight. McDonald swings his arm upward towards Forbes. Meanwhile, Forbes grabs at a handkerchief or cloth held by McDonald. Between them, Shapiro sits back with his eyes closed. A wall and window at right stretch behind them.
A similar photograph appears with the article, "Nine Seized in Raid on Numbers Racket," Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb 1936: A1
Handwritten on negative: Claude Forbes Jo Shapiro Paul McDonald
Handwritten text from negative sleeve: 3557 -- Claude Forbes, Jo Shapiro, Paul McDonald Race Track Racket [stamped:] MAR 4[-] [19]36
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12620
ark:/21198/zz002hmnvg
Subject: Horse racing
Law enforcement--California--Los Angeles
Police raids--California--Los Angeles
Racketeering--California--Los Angeles
Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles
Shapiro, J.O. (Joe Shapiro)
Forbes, Claude
McDonald, Paul
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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