Robert Bruce Hunter identifies Frank F. Smith as a bank robber, Los Angeles, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Robert Bruce Hunter identifies Frank F. Smith as a bank robber, Los Angeles, 1936

Date Created

February 2, 1936

Date

1936-02-02

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

English

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

This photograph appears with the article, “WOMAN AIDE AND BANDITS’ HEAD HUNTED: Gang Linked to Many Hold-ups Survivor in El Monte Gun Battle Reported to Have Confessed to Six,” Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 1936: 1.
Photograph of Robert Bruce Hunter looking at Frank F. Smith as Frank holds his glasses and smokes a cigarette. They appear to be in an office, and behind them there is a large map on the wall that says in English, “Map of Los Angeles County California”.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: Frank F. Smith, right, confessed bank robber captured in Friday’s gun battle at El Monte, is identified by Robert Bruce Hunter, left, as one of the three bank robbers who last fall robbed the Santa Monica bank of which Hunter is manager. Two companions of Smith were slain in an attempted bank robbery at El Monte.
Text from negative sleeve: 3532—Alice Williams, Josephine Littlefield, Ruth Bruton, Mrs Frank Smith, R Bruce Hunter, Frank F. Smith, El Monte Bank Robbery, 1-31-36. [Stamped:] FEB 4 1936.
Handwritten on negative: L2R R Bruce Hunter, Frank F. Smith 1-31-36.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Hunter, Robert Bruce, 1903-1965
Smith, Frank Forrest, 1891-1970

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Bankers--California--Los Angeles
Criminals--California--Los Angeles