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Title
Two held as purse thieves
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
McCullough, William E
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1960
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated December 7, 1960 reads, "Police officer Thomas Buell questions two men arrested this morning following the theft of a wallet from a North Hollywood beauty salon. In the squad car are Frederick Walter Bowen, 25, left, and David William Adams, 35, both of 337-A Winchester Ave., Glendale. They were caught at Riverside drive and Clybourn avenue at 10:20 a.m. after a patron in the Sophisticated Lady beauty shop, 10063 Riverside Dr., reported two men stole her wallet from her purse and fled the building."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00128986
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d034_f6_i20
CARL0005462066
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/59990
Subject
Criminal investigation--California--Los Angeles
Thieves--California--Los Angeles
Police vehicles--California--Los Angeles
Police--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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