Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Elsie sits cross-legged on what looks like the witness stand. She has light blonde hair and wears a dark hat with a wide brim and holds her hands in her lap over a black clutch purse. Story related to photograph appears with the article, "Berkeley's Speed Told," Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr 1936: A1. Busby Berkeley is on trial for three counts of second-degree murder arising out of an automobile accident where he was travelling more than sixty miles an hour shortly before the accident. Elsie Fletcher and her husband J. H. Fletcher were witnesses to the crash. Text from negative sleeve: 2004 - Mrs. Elsie Fletcher witness Berkley case 4-9-36 [stamped:] Apr 14 1936 Handwritten on negative: Mrs x Elsie Fletcher
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_8349 ark:/21198/zz002dg6rm
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No linguistic content
Subject
Witnesses--California--Los Angeles Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Fletcher, Elsie
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