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Title
Gun draws net around 'Phantom
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
1957
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.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Photograph caption dated October 22, 1957 reads, "Confesses he's phantom prowler - Gerald Lee Matthews, 28, left, of Sun Valley identifies guns he said he used to threaten Valley women before criminally attacking them. Holding guns is Burbank Det. Lt. E. J. Vandergrift. Police are questioning Matthews about 40 criminal attacks on North Hollywood and Burbank women in the last year and a half."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print : b&w ; 20 x 16 cm.
Identifier
00155252
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_ d059_ f13_ i30
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/128939
Subject
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.).--Police Department
Burglary investigation
Burglars
Burglary
Suspicion
Criminal investigation
Criminals
Detectives
Police
Arrest
Men
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period
1951-1960

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