Tony Cornero with Capt. Robert C. Burdett, the skipper of his newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill or Lux, Los Angeles, 1946

Title: Tony Cornero with Capt. Robert C. Burdett, the skipper of his 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

Description: Tony Cornero (left), owner of a newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill (also known as the Lux), with his ship's skipper, Robert C. Burdett. The Bunker Hill was meant to operate offshore of Los Angeles, however, after the opening night, 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.

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Cornero, Tony (Anthony Stralla), 1900-
Burdett, Robert C.
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Gambling--California--Los Angeles
People
Ship captains--American--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
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