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Frank A. Nance, coroner, questioning Frank Verbeck, AAA Racing Association official, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Frank A. Nance, coroner, questioning Frank Verbeck, AAA Racing Association official, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: January 29, 1936
1936-01-29
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
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Frank Verbeck, AAA Racing Association in Los Angeles official, sits in the witness chair, legs crossed, fingers interlaced across stomach. Frank A. Nance, coroner, acts as judge.
Los Angeles County Coroner Frank Nance conducted an inquest into whether Ascot Speedway was too dangerous after the death of racer Al Gordon and mechanic W. E. Matlock.
Related to "Death of Ascot Racers Pronounced Accidental," Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan 1936: A10.
Handwritten on negative sleeve: 3477. Frank Verbeck AAA Official; Frank Nance [stamped:] Jan 31 1936
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12451
ark:/21198/zz002hmg1n
Subject: Coroners--California--Los Angeles
Accidental deaths, suicides, and homicides
Racing--California--Los Angeles
Verbeck, Frank (Francis Peter), 1889-1981
Nance, Frank A. (Frank Albert), 1875-1950
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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