[Bank Robber Aiming at Security Camera, Cleveland, Ohio]

Publisher United Press International American

March 8, 1975

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This startling photograph captures a robber firing his pistol at a bank camera to prevent it from recording his identity. Although he and his accomplices absconded with $11,600 in the heist, the gunman was too slow for the ever-watchful eye of the security camera, which caught his face right before the shot rang out, enabling authorities to identify their suspect.

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Title: [Bank Robber Aiming at Security Camera, Cleveland, Ohio]
Publisher: United Press International (American)
Date: March 8, 1975
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 6 7/8 × 4 13/16 in. (17.4 × 12.2 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/2 × 5 7/8 in. (19.1 × 15 cm)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Twentieth-Century Photography Fund, 2015
Object Number: 2015.278
Curatorial Department: Photographs

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