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Title
Frances Dudrey, aviatrix and charged with manslaughter after a traffic accident, Los Angeles, 1935 (copy photo)
Date Created and/or Issued
July 31, 1935
1935-07-31
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.
Negative 7795 misfiled in envelope meant for negative 7794.
Portrait photograph of Frances Dudrey. She poses with her left hand touching her cheek. She wears a hat, a striped floppy blouse, a watch, and ring.
This photograph appears in "Woman Held in Car Death: Faces Charge of Manslaughter," Los Angeles Times, 09 Aug 1935: A1.
On July 25, 1935, Frances Dudrey, an aviatrix, struck and killed a news stand worker. She was charged with driving under the influence and manslaughter once he died. She was acquitted of these charges September 25, 1935.
Copy photo.
Handwritten on negative: Mrs. Frances Dudrey 7/31/35
Text from [correct] negative sleeve: 1325. Mrs. Frances --> aviatrix Dudrey 7/31/35. Sm municipal court charged with manslaughter 7/31/35 [stamped:] Aug 8 1935
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7794
ark:/21198/zz002dfjmx
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Air pilots--American--California--Los Angeles
Trials (Manslaughter)--California--Los Angeles
Dudrey, Frances, b. 1894 or 95
Source
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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