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Order Number	00130246
Title	Police searching
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 255; HE-001-403 4x5
Date	1947
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Notes	Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Description	Photograph caption dated March 15, 1947 reads, "Two police officers, C. B. Melendrez and T. W. Breen, are shown searching a group of men as the police department revived 'Crime Crushers' campaign to stop a postwar crime wave by setting up road blockades at various sections of the city. The officers found a bottle on the person of one of the men (foreground, left of center). Police said the man had the bottle under his belt and it slipped down his trousers during search."
Subject	Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Department. Police--California--Los Angeles. Searching--California--Los Angeles. Crime prevention--California--Los Angeles. Criminals--California--Los Angeles. Alcoholic beverages--California--Los Angeles. Men--California--Los Angeles. Commercial buildings--California--Los Angeles. Night photographs Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Coverage	1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection