Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. St. Clair poses wearing a coat with a fur collar and a hat. She was arrested and charged with a misdemeanor for hitting three cars while driving intoxicated. She was tried and found guilty and her license suspended permanently. This photograph appears in "Crash Case Goes to Jury," Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov 1935: A1. The dancer's name appears as both Sally St. Claire and Sally St. Clair. Text accompanying photograph: Sally St. Claire, dancer, charged with drunk driving, a misdemeanor, following a three-car collision, is shown awaiting jury's verdict in Municipal Judge Brockmann's court. Handwritten on negative: Sally St. Clair 11-13-35 Text from negative sleeve: 2837-- Sally St. Clair 11-13-35 arrested for Drunk driving entertainer [stamped:] NOV 22 1935
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9354 ark:/21198/zz002dhdds
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Entertainers--California--Los Angeles Dancers--American--California--Los Angeles Drunk driving--California--Los Angeles St. Clair, Sally
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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