Spectators gather around the getaway car used in the robbery of Southern County Bank, El Monte, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Spectators gather around the getaway car used in the robbery of Southern County Bank, El Monte, 1936

Date Created

February 1, 1936

Date

1936-02-01

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

This photograph may be associated with the article, “Two Bank Bandits Shot to Death in El Monte Battle: Third Seized as Officers’ Pistol Team Rushes to Scene After Alarm; Two Law Enforcers Wounded,” Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 1936: 1.
Photograph of a crowd of children posing with the getaway car used in the robbery of Southern County Bank in El Monte. Two men sit inside of the car, presumably police officers. A few people in the distance hold umbrellas, indicating that it might have been raining when this photograph was taken.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 3532—El Monte Bank Robbery, Constable R. L. Foell. Act Chief E. Wiggins, Frank Smith, P.M. Kunou, Dep. Sheriff, E.S. Strong, Joseph Fritsch, Mrs Ann Smith, So County Bank. El Monte 1-31-36. [Stamped:] FEB 4 1936.
Handwritten on negative: Getaway car El Monte Bank Holdup.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Group portraits

Location

El Monte (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Spectators--California--El Monte
Automobiles--American--California--El Monte
Robberies--California--El Monte