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Title
Blasting caps
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Dean, Gordon
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
1965
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 February 26, 1965 reads "Police explosive expert Dan Miller examines a box of electric blasting caps found as part of a cache of 1,400 pounds of dynamite, arms and ammunition in the apartment of Keith D. Gilbert, 419 N. Western Ave., Glendale. Gilbert is still at large." The article partially reads "An anonymous telephone call to the Valley Times yesterday morning by a person threatening to use dynamite to kill Dr. King, started the search which led to the arrest of two other suspects and the uncovering of the arsenal of explosives and weapons."; See images #00129342 through #00129343 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00129343
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d034_f25_i14
CARL0005463751
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/60532
Subject
Glendale (Calif.).--Police Department--Officials and employees
Men--California--Glendale
Police--California--Glendale
Death threats--California--Glendale
Threats of violence--California--Glendale
Bomb threats--California--Glendale
Criminal investigation--California--Glendale
Explosives--California--Glendale
Boxes--California--Glendale
Tables--California--Glendale
Trash cans
Signs and signboards--California--Glendale
Glendale (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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