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 appears with article, "Shots Fired At Robbers," Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb 1936: A2. Robbers attempted to break into a drugstore at Exposition Boulevard and Vermont Avenue in the early hours of the morning when Boston terrier puppy Tumbleweed began to bark and roused nearby radio repair shop owner Roy D. Brown, who chased after the robbers and managed to shoot one in the shoulder before they escaped. Roy D. Brown cradles his alert Boston terrier puppy in his arms. Text from newspaper caption: Roy D. Brown, World War aviator, fired his pistol at a fleeing thief when aroused by the barks of his 14-months-old pup Tumbleweed, which heard a trio attempt robbery of a near-by drugstore. Text from negative sleeve: 3628 - Roy D. Brown (w/Boston toy pup "Tumbleweed") (attempted drugstore robbery) Dog hears Burglar + man shoots 2-11-36 [stamped:] Feb 13 1936 Handwritten on negative; Roy D. Brown 2-11-36
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12714 ark:/21198/zz002hms31
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Dogs--California--Los Angeles Robberies--California--Los Angeles Brown, Roy D., b. 1898
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