Charles Griffiths, manager of Bank of America on Melrose, after robbery, Los Angeles, 1936

Title: Charles Griffiths, manager of Bank of America on Melrose, after robbery, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created: March 2, 1936
Date: 1936-03-02
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Charles Griffiths, center, takes a call. An unidentified man and woman are seated at the desk.
Three men, armed with machine guns, robbed the Bank of America on Melrose and Bronson shortly before it closed on March 2nd. No one was physically injured and the bandits escaped with $6,100.
This photograph is likely related to the article, “Hollywood Bank Robbed,” Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar 1936: 3.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 3484-- Leon Bone Bank (Melrose and Bronson) Fingerprint man Bank Robbery - Melrose and Bronson 3/2/36 [stamped:] MAR 4 1936
Handwritten on negative: Bank Robbery - Melrose x Bronson 3/2/36 Charles Griffiths - Mgr. Melrose - Bronson Branch Bank of America

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_12465
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hmghw
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