File:Slot machines on Tony Cornero's newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, 1946.jpg
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TITLE Slot machines on Tony Cornero's newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill or Lux, Los Angeles, 1946 DATE CREATED August 9, 1946 DATE 1946-08-09 PUBLISHER Los Angeles Daily News LANGUAGE No linguistic content COLLECTION Los Angeles Daily News Negatives Notes DESCRIPTION Slot machines on Tony Cornero’s newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill (also known as the Lux), which was meant to operate offshore of Los Angeles. After the Bunker Hill’s opening night, however, Cornero and five of his aides were arrested on felony charges of criminal conspiracy to conduct gambling games and serve alcohol without a license. After his arrest, Cornero announced that he was ready to go to the United States Supreme court to keep the Bunker Hill running. Cornero was also “admiral” of the Rex, another gambling vessel which was forced to suspend operations in 1938. Physical Description EXTENT 1 photograph MEDIUM b&w nitrate negative Keywords GENRE news photographs cellulose nitrate film LOCATION Los Angeles (Calif.) RESOURCE TYPE still image SUBJECTS Gambling--California--Los Angeles Economy Ships--American--California--Los Angeles Slot machines--California--Los Angeles Crime Transportation Find This Item REPOSITORY University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections ARK ark:/21198/zz00280m45 MANIFEST URL IIIF Manifest Access Condition RIGHTS STATEMENT copyrighted RIGHTS HOLDER UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988 RIGHTS COUNTRY US FUNDING NOTE Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. LICENSE Creative Commons LicenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License . |
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