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R. H. W. Schafer, Mae Whitehead, and Roland West in audience for grand jury hearings into death of actress Thelma Todd, circa 1935

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Title: R. H. W. Schafer, Mae Whitehead, and Roland West in audience for 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. 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
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: RHW Schafer, Mae Whitehead, Roland West, 12542
Text from archival nitrate sleeve: West, Roland; Priester, Harvey; Schafer, R.H.W.; Whitehead, Mae
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz002552s8
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Entertainment
Grand juries
Crime
Schafer, R. H. W
Todd, Thelma, 1905-1935
Whitehead, Mae
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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