Skip to main content

Image / Charles Dalrymple's "Own-a-New-Car-Club" on the day of the police raid, Maywood, 1935

Have a question about this item?

Item information. View source record on contributor's website.

Title
Charles Dalrymple's "Own-a-New-Car-Club" on the day of the police raid, Maywood, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued
December 1935
1935-12
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.
The dollar chain "Own-a-New-Car-Club" has been put to an end by a raiding party from the Sherriff's and District Attorney's offices. Charles Dalrymple, proprietor, and Ione Laskey, Michael Laskey, Ruth Weipert, Lucille Donato, and Rolland Dalrymple were taken in for questioning.
Story related to photograph appears with the article, "New Dollar Club Raided," Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec 1935: 1.
Clusters of so-called investors, mostly women, gather around the stenographers.
Handwritten on negative: Dalrymple's $ chain 12-12-35
Text from negative sleeve: 4028 - Tom Humphreys Chas Dalrymple Mrs Ione Laskey Lucille Donato Rolland Dalrymple Dalrymple's $ chain 12-12-35 [stamped:] Dec 14 1935
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13040
ark:/21198/zz002hn5bd
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Police raids--California--Maywood
Fraud--California--Maywood
Typewriters
Queues--California--Maywood
Garages--California--Maywood
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

About the collections in Calisphere

Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. View our statement on digital primary resources.

Copyright, permissions, and use

If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.

Share your story

Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.

Explore related content on Calisphere: