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Photograph caption dated March 25, 1959 reads, "Max Komesor, 34, proprietor of liquor store at 7050 Laurel Canyon Dr. shows how he pretended to grab for gun to foil would-be-19-year-old robber with toy plastic pistol. When youth fled, Komesor chased him and caught him outside."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Crime--California--Los Angeles Liquor stores--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles) Businessmen--California--Los Angeles North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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