Police Chief Guy C. Welch and merchant M. Osburn, Whittier, 1936

Description: Photograph appears with the article, "Tough for Bad Check Passer," Los Angeles Times, 07 Jan 1936: A5.
A new card system has been created by Chief of Police Guy C. Welch in order to prevent the passing of bad checks which includes a series of questions including automobile license, eye color, height and weight in order to track down any criminals.
Miss Osburn holds a fan of the identification cards as she stands at a jewelry counter next to Chief Welch.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 3285 - L. to R. Police chief Guy Welch + Miss M. Osburn of Whittier Merchants Identification Card 1-7-36 [stamped:] Jan 21 1936
Text from newspaper caption: Chief of Police Guy C. Welch of Whittier shows Miss M. Osburn, clerk in Whittier store, how to fill out the new identification cards which are to be required of all persons asking to cash checks and who are not known to the merchant.
Handwritten on negative: Police chief Guy Welch and Mrs M Osborn

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