Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A large group of men walk across the Highway with cars parked on the shoulder of the road. The jury was taken to the home of William Koenig then followed the route suspect Busby Berkeley had taken the night of the accident, stopping at the site near the Lighthouse Café, just south of Portero Canyon, at Will Rogers State Beach on Roosevelt Highway. Photograph appears with the article, "Trial Moves To Bedsides," Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec 1935: 3. Handwritten on negative: Bus Berkeley Crash scene + jury Text from negative sleeve: 2004 - 12/24/35 Bus Berkeley Jury at crash scene Text from newspaper caption: Judge and jury inspect the site of the Berkeley-Von Brieson automobile crash which occurred on the Roosevelt Highway last September 8. Berkeley, Hollywood dance director, is being tried on a charge of second-degree murder.
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_8341 ark:/21198/zz002dg6gg
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No linguistic content
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Will Rogers State Beach (Los Angeles, Calif.) California Highway 1 (Calif.) Juries--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--American--California--Los Angeles Roads--California Beaches--California--Los Angeles Utility poles--California--Los Angeles
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