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Mrs. May W. Steele and Mrs. L'Marie Minter, victims of post office robbery, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Mrs. May W. Steele and Mrs. L'Marie Minter, victims of post office robbery, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: March 8, 1936
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
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 the article, "Bandits Rob Postoffice," Los Angeles Times, 08 Mar 1936: 10.
Two bandits entered the post office at 6706 South Normandie Avenue and held up customer L'Marie Minter, postmistress May W. Steele and five children - they made off with $111 in cash and 152 money-order blanks.
L'Marie Minter and postmistress May W. Steele stand side-by-side in front of the door to the post office.
Handwritten on negative: Mrs. L'Marie Minter Mrs. May W. Steele
Text from newspaper caption: Two swarthy men with drawn guns robbed a branch postoffice at 6706 South Normandie avenue of money-order blanks and $111 in cash yesterday after forcing Mrs. May W. Steele, postmistress, right, and Mrs. L'Marie Minter to the rear of a small store housing the postoffice.
Text from negative sleeve: 3975 - Mrs. May W. Steele (post mistress @ 6706 S. Normandie) P.O. Robbery 3-7-36 [stamped:] Mar 19 1936
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13001
ark:/21198/zz002hn40r
Language: English
Subject: Post offices--California--Los Angeles
Robberies--California--Los Angeles
Postal service employees--California--Los Angeles
Steele, May W., Postmistress
Minter, L'Marie
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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