Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Irene and Melba Walker testify at the trial of Archie Carter for the murder of their 20-year-old sister Frances Walker at the Carter home in Placerita Canyon. Similar photograph appears with the article, "Guilt Fixed in Tragedy," Los Angeles Times, 01 Aug 1935: A8. Melba wears a dress with large buttons going down her chest and Irene wears a jacket with a wide color. Both girls wear hats, gloves, small purses, and white heels. Text from negative sleeve: 1282 - Melba Walker Irene Walker Carter trial 7-31-35 [stamped:] Aug 1- 1935 Handwritten on negative: Melba Walker Irene Walker 7-31-35
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7680 ark:/21198/zz002dfdp1
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Sisters--American--California--Los Angeles Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles Walker, Irene, (Irene Early), 1909-1954 Walker, Melba Josephine, (Melba Starbuck), 1916-2015
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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