Gaming devices at the Shelby County jail in Columbiana, Alabama, after a raid on a nearby house casino.
This image was taken for a story about the raid that was published in the Birmingham News on March 10, 1941. The following caption accompanied the photo spread: "Shelby Gambling House Raid - Three Shelby County deputies and a former deputy gave 40 or 50 fashionably groomed men and women from Bi...
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Alabama Media Group Collection |
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Alabama Department of Archives and History |
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Photographs Gaming devices at the Shelby County jail in Columbiana, Alabama, after a raid on a nearby house casino. Colley, Buddy |
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Photographs Gambling; Slot machines; Columbiana (Ala.); Shelby County (Ala.) |
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This image was taken for a story about the raid that was published in the Birmingham News on March 10, 1941. The following caption accompanied the photo spread: "Shelby Gambling House Raid - Three Shelby County deputies and a former deputy gave 40 or 50 fashionably groomed men and women from Birmingham an exciting few minutes early Sunday morning when they raided one of the Shelby County 'Gold Coast' gambling houses which flourish on the Birmingham trade. Above are scenes of the raid and some of the officers who staged it." |
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BN0028190_05BN0028190Gaming devices at the Shelby County jail in Columbiana, Alabama, after a raid on a nearby house casino.This image was taken for a story about the raid that was published in the Birmingham News on March 10, 1941. The following caption accompanied the photo spread: "Shelby Gambling House Raid - Three Shelby County deputies and a former deputy gave 40 or 50 fashionably groomed men and women from Birmingham an exciting few minutes early Sunday morning when they raided one of the Shelby County 'Gold Coast' gambling houses which flourish on the Birmingham trade. Above are scenes of the raid and some of the officers who staged it."1941-031940-1949Colley, BuddyBirmingham NewsC1-04492Gambling; Slot machines; Columbiana (Ala.); Shelby County (Ala.)Still imageNegatives (Photographs); Black-and-white negatives1200 PPI TIFFAlabama Media GroupAlabama Media Group CollectionAlabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AlabamaEnglishCopyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.comhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/146972 |
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Gaming devices at the Shelby County jail in Columbiana, Alabama, after a raid on a nearby house casino. |
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Gaming devices at the Shelby County jail in Columbiana, Alabama, after a raid on a nearby house casino. |
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Colley, Buddy |
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Colley, Buddy |
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