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David Mdivani and Serge Mdivani sit in court on the opening day of their trial, Los Angeles, 1934

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Title: David Mdivani and Serge Mdivani sit in court on the opening day of their trial, Los Angeles, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa January 15, 1934]
1934-01-15
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
From left to right, David Mdivani and Serge Mdivani are viewed close-up as they sit behind their table on the opening day of their trial. David Mdivani hunches over the table and flips through a book. Serge Mdivani looks up attentively towards the left. A man appears to walk behind them at right. In the background, spectators sit, filling the courtroom.
Related to the article, "MDIVANI'S CASE GETS UNDER WAY: Twelve Women Selected Tentatively as Jurors; Long Fight Expected," Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 1934: A1
Text from newspaper caption: BROTHER PRINCES MAKE THEIR TRIAL DEBUT David Mdivani (at left, below) and Serge pictured by candid camera at various stages of proceedings at opening day of trial, on charges concerning their handling of Pacific Shore Oil Company affairs. Their close attention to all that went on was a feature of the day. [Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 1934: A8]
Handwritten text from negative sleeve: Mdvani, Gerge [sic] & David [crossed out:] Mdivani? [end crossed out] society figures Mdvani, Serge + David (Balkan princes) - other articles say Georgian and also Rumanian!
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_6276
ark:/21198/zz002cwg1k
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Nobility--Georgia
Upper class--California--Los Angeles
Mdivani, David, 1907-1984
Mdivani, Serge, 1903-1936
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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