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Tag: Los Angeles bunco schemes 1920s

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“A Detour Sign Reading ‘Guilty’ Had Been Posted on the Highway to Wealth”: A Press Photograph of Alleged Ponzi Schemers Thomas M. Hennessey and Harry D. Hibbs, May 1925, Part Four

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 1, 2026June 2, 2026
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“The Charge of Grand Larceny . . . Won’t Hold Water for a Minute”: A Press Photograph of Alleged Ponzi Schemers Thomas M. Hennessey and Harry D. Hibbs, May 1925, Part Three

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 31, 2026June 1, 2026
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“The Deal Was a Huge Bunco Game”: A Press Photograph of Alleged Ponzi Schemers Thomas M. Hennessey and Harry D. Hibbs, May 1925, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 30, 2026May 31, 2026
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“Accused of Being ‘Get-Rich-Quick-Wallingfords'”: A Press Photograph of Alleged Ponzi Schemers Thomas M. Hennessey and Harry D. Hibbs, May 1925, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 29, 2026May 30, 2026
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