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Title
Gambling raid, Stanford University fraternity
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1960
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
In San Francisco, policeman Jack Drury shows the results of a "gambling" raid staged by police at an "Old West" party held by a Stanford Univerity fraternity. Fraternity spokesman said the chuck-a-luck cages and roulette wheel were not really being used for "gambling purposes," only for "door prizes." Charges have not been pressed. Photo dated: February 9, 1960.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00039638
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 1065.
CARL0000043293
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/15196
Subject
Stanford University
Gambling--California--Palo Alto
Gambling and crime--California--Palo Alto
Greek letter societies--California--Palo Alto
Palo Alto (Calif.)
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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