Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. 19-year-old Gloria Graves has been arrested for violating the city's Marathon ordinance outlawing contests and entertainments involving endurance that might affect participants' health due to locking herself in a steel tomb for the past week at Fifth Street and Vermont Avenue. Gloria's face is seen through a window in the coffin. A man in a black suit leans over her coffin and the outlines of men's shoes and legs are seen standing outside of the grave. Story related to photograph appears with the article, "Tomb Girl's Bail Fixed," Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov 1935: 9. Handwritten on negative: Gloria Graves 11-15-35 Text from negative sleeve: 2861 - Gloria Graves sideshow stunt violating Marathon ordinance Buried Alive gal. Dug up 11-16-35 [stamped:] Nov 22 1935
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9383 ark:/21198/zz002dhfd8
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Sideshows--California--Los Angeles Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles Coffins Graves--California--Los Angeles Graves, Gloria, b. 1915 or 16
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