Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph appears with the article, "Singer Sues on Injuries," Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan 1936: 3. Miss Geist's lawsuit is being directed against the owner of the South Kenmore property Mrs. Ray Kohn, who maintains that Miss Geist had passed over the same spot many times before and her accident was due to her own negligence. Text from negative sleeve: 3246 - Catherine Geist Accident Suit -> opera singer fell + missed performance 1-15-36 [stamped:] Jan 13 1936 Text from newspaper caption: Catherine Geist, singer, slipped on a gravel-strewn sidewalk and suffered injuries which necessitated the cancellation of an operatic engagement she declared yesterday in her suit for $15,000 against the owner of the property where the accident occurred. Handwritten on negative: Catherine Geist 1-15-36
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image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12122 ark:/21198/zz002h83zt
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Portrait photographs Accidents--California--Los Angeles Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Opera singers Geist, Catherine
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