Subject: Widows--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Mrs. Marsena Norton, sitting between two men, most likely her attorneys Lee J. Myers and Louis B. Minter. Photo was taken during a trial in which Mrs. Norton is seeking $25,000 in damages against Jimmie Walker for the death of her husband, John Thomas Norton. Mr. Walker was allegedly driving 105 miles an hour when he lost control of the car containing Mr. Norton and three others. Mr. Norton and one other passenger died in the crash, two others were seriously injured, Walker sustained minor injuries. The defense argued that all passengers had been drinking before the accident.
Date:: February 7, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Mrs. Mary Briggs being sworn in as Los Angeles Postmistress to take the place of her late husband H.B.R. Briggs
Date:: September 29, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Long-Lost Gift Found," Los Angeles Times, 03 Apr 1936: A1.
Date:: April 3, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph is likely related to the article, “Jackson Barnett Buried,” Los Angeles Times, 8 Jun 1934: A1.
Date:: June 7, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Osa Johnson Jury Selected," Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec 1938: 10.
Date:: December 15, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: The late Mrs. Alexander was frustrated over several failed screen tests she had taken, which provoked a fight with her husband that culminated in two self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the head. She died the following day at the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. Alexander's business manager Vernon D. Wood called to deliver the message to Mrs. Alexander's father.
Date:: December 12, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph is likely related to the article, “Jackson Barnett Buried,” Los Angeles Times, 8 Jun 1934: A1.
Date:: June 7, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Mrs. Holden listens to the inquest of the killer of her husband while her mother leans in close to her face to speak to her. Other men and women sit behind them.
Date:: December 19, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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