Mercantile Trust Company Robbery

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Photograph of bank employee L.G. Bickford posing behind a teller window at the Mercantile Trust Company at 14th and Grand Avenue. The scene is part of investigation that took place after an attempted robbery on February 8, 1932. KCPD detective Oliver Carpenter was shot and killed while interrupting the robbery.

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Date: 
February 8th 1932
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Modern Location: 
1401 Grand Avenue
Kansas City, MO
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Collection Title, Call or Box Number: 
Zeldin Collection of Journal-Post Glass Negatives, P29, Box 19, Folder 35, #2
Digital Object Identifier: 
10016275
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