Notorious: Maine Crime in the Public Eye, 1690–1940

Blake & Hendrickson Jewelry Store Robbery (1932)

On February 4, 1932, authorities investigated the broken window of the Blake & Hendrickson jewelry shop at 75 Oak Street in Portland. Someone threw a “No Parking” sign through the glass and an inventory check found one bracelet missing. It does not appear newspapers followed up on the story, nor did they publish this photograph taken by a Portland Press Herald photographer.