W. W. Ashe and detective Chester A. Lloyd uncover a counterfeiting plant, Los Angeles, 1929

Item Overview

Title

W. W. Ashe and detective Chester A. Lloyd uncover a counterfeiting plant, Los Angeles, 1929

Date Created

November 21, 1929

Date

1929-11-21

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Chester Lloyd (left) and William Ashe stand on either side of an Ostrander Seymour Co. letterpress. The image appears on a phot page "Extensive Counterfeiting Plant Is Uncovered on South Main Street," Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 1929: 8.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Det Lt Chester Loyd / W.W. Ashe
Text from newspaper caption: One of the largest counterfeiting plants uncovered by agenst in months was diamantled yesterday at 3904 South Main Street following the descent of a squad in charge of Detective-Lieutanant Lloyd and United States agent Ashe. Three persons were taken into custody, Bert C. Bennett, said to be a former offender; Dr. T. J. Wilson, a practicing dentist here, and his wife Charlotte...The officers in charge of the raid (Ashe on right) are pictured in the photo with one of the presses.
Text from negative sleeve: Ashe, W. W. Dept. of Justice.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w glass negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
glass plate negatives

Names

Lloyd, Chester, A., 1887-1973
Ashe, William W., 1882-1935

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Government officials--American--California--Los Angeles
Counterfeiting--California--Los Angeles
Detectives--California--Los Angeles