Scene of the Wild Gun Battle

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Title: Scene of the Wild Gun Battle
Creator(s): Hodges, Paul
Saint Louis Globe-Democrat
Date: 1953-04-25
Content Type: picture
Subject(s): Banks.
Shooting.
Spectators.
Geographic Area: Saint Louis (Mo.)
Time Period: 1950-1959
Description: Scene of the wild gun battle, where police shot it out with a gang of Chicago bandits trapped as they held up the Southwest Bank. Thousands of persons were attracted to the area.
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Classification: M112-STLSubject-SouthwestBank-016.tif
Owner: St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri-St. Louis