Bank of America branch after bank robbery, Los Angeles, 1932
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds., Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Bank of America, Fire in old neg file, Architecture & cars, This photograph appears with the article “Bandits, Shot to Death by Banker in Gun Fight, Linked to Jewelry Store Hold-up Murder, Two Robbers Fall in Clash, Both Reported Kirkpatrick Slaying Participants, Police Net Closes on Pair Who Made Escape, Assistant Cashier May Die as Result of Wound.” Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 1932: A2, Text from newspaper caption: Scene of Battle Fatal to Two Bank Bandits. The scene of the attempted hold-up and shooting--Bank of America branch office, 5636 South Broadway., 33.990527, -118.27838, Large crowd gathered in front of Bank of America building, 2-story brick building at intersection of Broadway and 57th Street, with 2 police officers near center, street and cars in foreground, house at right. Additional business and adversting signs read: Printin[g], Tailoring, Cleaning and Pressing, Hats Cleaned, Blocked, Metropolitan Printing, Easte[rn?] Dye Work, Happily Ever After with a Nash