Roy D. Brown and his dog Tumbleweed after they stopped an attempted drugstore robbery, Los Angeles, 1936

Title: Roy D. Brown and his dog Tumbleweed after they stopped an attempted drugstore robbery, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created: February 12, 1936
Date: 1936-02-12
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Robbers attempted to break into a drugstore at Exposition Boulevard and Vermont Avenue in the early hours of the morning when Boston terrier puppy Tumbleweed began to bark and roused nearby radio repair shop owner Roy D. Brown, who chased after the robbers and managed to shoot one in the shoulder before they escaped.
Photograph appears with article, "Shots Fired At Robbers," Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb 1936: A2.
Roy D. Brown cradles his alert Boston terrier puppy in his arms.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 3628 - Roy D. Brown (w/Boston toy pup "Tumbleweed") (attempted drugstore robbery) Dog hears Burglar + man shoots 2-11-36 [stamped:] Feb 13 1936
Handwritten on negative; Roy D. Brown 2-11-36
Text from newspaper caption: Roy D. Brown, World War aviator, fired his pistol at a fleeing thief when aroused by the barks of his 14-months-old pup Tumbleweed, which heard a trio attempt robbery of a near-by drugstore.

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