Bank manager T. H. Holmes and cashier A. R. Collins, Los Angeles, 1936

Title: Bank manager T. H. Holmes and cashier A. R. Collins, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created: January 31, 1936
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Similar photograph appears with the article, "Hero in Bank Hold-Up Hunted in Second Raid," Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan 1936: A3.
After Collins successfully stopped a robbery by shooting a bandit at the Washington-Vineyard branch of Bank of America, two of the bandit's friends came back to rob again and seek vengeance. Manager T. H. Holmes lied that Mr. Collins was out to lunch, and the robbers made off with $1475.50.
Mr. Holmes and Mr. Collins stand side-by-side with Mr. Collins pulling aside his jacket to reveal a partially concealed holster.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 3487 - LtR- A. R. Collins (cashier had gun ready) x T. H. Holmes (Bank Mgr) Bank Robbery 1-24-36 [stamped:] Jan 31 1936
Handwritten on negative: T. H. Holmes A. R. Collins

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier: uclamss_1429_12467
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hmgkx
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