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. Grace Dubois, left, sits with her face turned away from the camera and a handkerchief shielding he eyes. Attorney George Shreve, right, is turned toward and looks directly into the camera. Grace DuBois, 61, who murdered her son Charles DuBois in December 1935, faced a jury in March and April of the following year. Her other son, Edward DuBois, testified against her and claimed she had been mentally unsound for as long as he could remember. DuBois was convicted for murder on April 7th. The photograph is likely related to the article, “Son Testifies Against Mother In Murder Case,” Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 1936: A6 Handwritten on negative: atty Geo. Shreve Mrs. Grace Du Bois 3/36 Text from negative sleeve: [handwritten:] Mrs. Grace DuBois atty Geo. Shreve murder Trial 4/2/36
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13268 ark:/21198/zz002hnf66
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Women murderers--California--Los Angeles Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles Shreve, George H., 1881-1949 DuBois, Grace, 1875-1945
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