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Title: Toyman booked
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection;
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: 1958
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.
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Description: Photograph caption dated February 14, 1958 reads "Carl Stopeck, 54, toy distributor, of 118 S. Valley St., Burbank, waves his hand to try blocking picture as he is booked at Burbank jail on suspicion of conspiracy to violate state bookmaking laws. Police say he is leader of $1,500,000 a year horse betting syndicate. Booking officer checks Stopeck's cash." See images 00155951 through 00155956 for all photos in this series.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Identifier: 00155951
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d060_f11_i30
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/129184
Subject: Police
Criminals
Businessmen
Men
Bookmakers (Gambling)
Book-making (Betting)
Crime
Jails
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Time Period: 1951-1960

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