Alvin Hudson, injured during Busby Berkeley car crash, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Alvin Hudson, injured during Busby Berkeley car crash, 1935

Date Created

September 12, 1935

Date

1935-09-12

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

View of Alvin Hudson, in jacket, pants, with bandage on chin, squatting and pointing to car involved with three way collision. Alvin Hudson was a pest control worker from Santa Paula who reported he had pulled into the middle lane on the Roosevelt Highway when all of a sudden two headlights appeared in front of him and the crash occurred. The three way collision occurred 400 yards north of Santa Monica Canyon on Highway 1, and was the fault of Busby Berkeley, film dance director, who was driving in the wrong direction while intoxicated. Six people were injured in the accident, and two died.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Alvin Hudson, 9/12/35
Text from negative sleeve: 2165, Alvin Hudson, involved in Busby Berkeley crash, student, 9/12/35, [stamped:] Sep 19 1935

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Berkeley, Busby, 1895-1976
Hudson, Alvin

Location

Los Angeles County (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Accident victims--California--Los Angeles
Traffic accidents--California--Los Angeles