Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Alice rests one arm on the witness stand where she sits. While Edith Pickering sat in her daughter's parked car on Crenshaw waiting for her to finish shopping she was struck by a milk truck. Mrs. Pickering is asking for a total of $25,000 for her injuries. Photograph appears with the article, "Film Actress Witness For Mother On Crash," Los Angeles Times, 27 July 1935: A3. Text from newspaper caption: Alice Pickering Text from negative sleeve: 1384 - Alice Pickering 17-yr old actress Damage action 7-26-35 [stamped:] Jul 31 1935 Handwritten on negative: Alice Pickering 7-26-35
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7895 ark:/21198/zz002dfp33
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Witnesses--California--Los Angeles Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles Teenagers Daughters--American--California--Los Angeles Actresses--American--California--Los Angeles Pickering, Alice, 1917-1938
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