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Title
Police search attic of bank building for escaped bandits
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Hyde, Alan
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
1962
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 March 9, 1962 reads "Hostage and escape car were later found near Ventura Freeway." The article partially reads "Two black-hooded bandits escaped today from an attempted robbery at a Sherman Oaks bank with a 23-year-old girl as a hostage but no cash. Before fleeing from San Fernando Valley Bank, 13535 Ventura Blvd., the two robbers held 15 bank employes (sic) and one police officer captive at gun-point for 45 minutes."; See images #00129263 through #00129267 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00129266
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d034_f21_i27
CARL0005462456
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/60080
Subject
San Fernando Valley Bank
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Department--Employees
Men--California--Los Angeles
Police--California--Los Angeles
Police--California--Los Angeles--Uniforms
Criminal investigation--California--Los Angeles
Banks and banking--California--Los Angeles
Bank buildings--California--Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles)
Firearms--California--Los Angeles
Bank robberies--California--Los Angeles
Criminal attempt--California--Los Angeles
Crime--California--Los Angeles
Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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