Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. West testifies at grand jury hearings to determine Todd’s cause of death. Todd was found in the garage of film director West, her business partner and lover, dead from carbon monoxide poisoning. Nance was Los Angeles Country Coroner 1921-1945. Todd's death was eventually ruled an accident. Text from archival nitrate sleeve: West, Roland; Nance, Frank, coroner Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Coroner Frank Nance, Roland West, 12,521 Text from original nitrate sleeve: West, Roland; Nance, Frank, Coroner.
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b&w nitrate negative
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ark:/21198/zz002552bj
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Subject
Motion picture producers & directors--American--California--Los Angeles Grand juries Crime Legal Witnesses--California--Los Angeles West, Roland, 1885-1952 Todd, Thelma, 1905-1935 Nance, Frank A. (Frank Albert), 1875-1950
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