Image / Ross Alexander raises his hand in testimony, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Ross Alexander raises his hand in testimony, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: December 12, 1935
1935-12-12
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.
Photograph of Ross Alexander testifying in court over the suicide of his wife. Featured in the photograph are unidentified men, presumably of the jury.
This photograph may be associated with the article, “ACTOR TELLS WIFE DEATH: Aleta Alexander Held Suicide Clash Over Her Return to Parents Caused Tragedy, Coroner Jury Finds,” Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 1935: A1.
Text from negative sleeve: 7498—Ross Alexander, actor (wife shot herself) 12-12-35, [Stamped:] JAN 17 1937.
Handwritten on negative: Ross Alexander 12-12-35
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_14611
ark:/21198/zz002j87cc
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Actors--American--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Widowers
Alexander, Ross, 1907-1937
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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