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Title: Nancy Norton arraigned on her drunk driving charge, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: November 1935
1935-11
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
When 23-year-old actress Nancy Norton was driving to deliver a birthday cake to a friend she zigzagged across a street near her home and struck another car. She was arraigned before Municipal Judge Scott for driving while intoxicated.
Story related to photograph appears with the article, "Two Killed in Collision as Truck and Auto Burn," Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov 1935: A1.
Text from negative sleeve: 2842 - Nancy Norton 11-14-35 Drunk Driving film actress [stamped:] Nov 22 1935
Handwritten on negative: Nancy Norton 11-14-35
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9358
ark:/21198/zz002dhdjv
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Actresses--American--California
Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles
Norton, Nancy, b. circa 1912
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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