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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated March 9, 1961 partially reads, "Exploding mailboxes in an exclusive Encino residential neighborhood are arousing a vigilante-type reaction in some homeowners. The latest victim, Frank A. Fuller of 4495 Libbit Ave., whose mail box was blown from its curbside mounting Friday by some kind of explosive, said: 'I own this place, I pay taxes and I'm going to protect myself and my property.' The explosive that shattered Fuller's rural-type mailbox was powerful enough to hurl the tin-sheeting across the street, throw part of the mailbox onto the roof of the Fuller home and splinter a two-inch thick piece of wood... Fuller, West Coast representative for three Philadelphia-based electronics firms, said the exploding mailbox was part of continuing vandalism that has plagued his neighborhood."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Vandalism--California--Los Angeles Mailboxes--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Libbit Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.) Encino (Los Angeles, Calif.) Night photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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