Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph appears with the article, "Crash Death Defense Opens Its Fight Today," Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan 1935: 17. Frederick C. Bryan is a young lawyer accused of driving drunk and inadvertently killing his companion Joan Carlson when he collided with a car driven by Iris Ashton at Fifth and New Hampshire streets on May 18th, 1934. Iris rests one arm on the back of her chair, holding what looks like a rolled up newspaper in her hands. Handwritten on negative: Iris Ashton Text from newspaper caption: Iris Ashton, who figures in traffic tragedy case. Text from negative sleeve: Ashton, Iris Actress
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Image
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_11141 ark:/21198/zz002h93z8
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No linguistic content
Subject
Berets Gloves Witnesses--California--Los Angeles Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles Actresses--American--California--Los Angeles Ashton, Iris, 1899-1985
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