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. This photograph appears with the article, “Jockeys and Asserted Women Victims Testify at Suspect’s Hearing on ‘Sure-Thing’ Betting Racket Charge,” Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 1936: A1. Photograph of four jockeys testifying in court. Each man is standing and has his right arm raised. In front of them there is a table with three hats, and behind them there is an American flag. Handwritten on negative: L2R Charles Stevenson + George Burns + Albert Gunari + Floyd McCormick 2-4-36. Text from newspaper caption: Marino assertedly [sic] told his customers that races in which these jockeys rode were fixed. The jockeys, left to right, Charles Stevenson, George Burns, Albert Gunari and Floyd McCormick, testified they never rode a fixed race in their lives and denied they knew Marino. They are riding at Santa Anita. Text from negative sleeve: 3536—Charles Stevenson, George Burns, Albert Gunari, Floyd McCormick, Jockeys in Court 2-4-36. [Stamped:] FEB 7 1936.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12573 ark:/21198/zz002hmm7p
Subject
Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles Hats Jockeys--California--Los Angeles McCormick, Floyd Burns, George, 1896- Gunari, Albert Stevenson, Charles
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