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R. H. W. Schafer, Roland West, Robert Anderson, and Mae Whitehead at grand jury hearings into death of actress Thelma Todd, circa 1935

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Title: R. H. W. Schafer, Roland West, Robert Anderson, and Mae Whitehead at grand jury hearings into death of actress Thelma Todd, circa 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: [December, 1935-January, 1936]
1935-12/1936-01
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Taken at grand jury investigation into death of film actress Thelma Todd. Todd was found in the garage of film director West, her business partner and lover, dead from carbon monoxide poisoning. Schafer was the manager of a roadside cafe owned by West and Todd. Anderson was a bartender at the café. Whitehead was Todd’s personal maid. Todd's death was eventually ruled an accident.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: West, Roland; Priester, Harvey; Schafer, R.H.W.; Whitehead, Mae
Text from archival nitrate sleeve: West, Roland; Priester, Harvey; Schafer, R.H.W.; Whitehead, Mae
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: L-R RHW Schafer, Roland West, Robert Anderson, Mae Whitehead, 12542
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz002552rr
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Entertainment
Grand juries
Legal
Schafer, R. H. W
West, Roland, 1885-1952
Anderson, Robert
Whitehead, Mae
Todd, Thelma, 1905-1935
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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