Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. View of Alvin Hudson, in jacket, pants, with bandage on chin, squatting and pointing to car involved with three way collision. Alvin Hudson was a pest control worker from Santa Paula who reported he had pulled into the middle lane on the Roosevelt Highway when all of a sudden two headlights appeared in front of him and the crash occurred. The three way collision occurred 400 yards north of Santa Monica Canyon on Highway 1, and was the fault of Busby Berkeley, film dance director, who was driving in the wrong direction while intoxicated. Six people were injured in the accident, and two died. Handwritten on negative: Alvin Hudson, 9/12/35 Text from negative sleeve: 2165, Alvin Hudson, involved in Busby Berkeley crash, student, 9/12/35, [stamped:] Sep 19 1935
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image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_8571 ark:/21198/zz002dggd9
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No linguistic content
Subject
Accident victims--California--Los Angeles Traffic accidents--California--Los Angeles Berkeley, Busby, 1895-1976 Hudson, Alvin
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