Jockeys Charles Stevenson, George Burns, Albert Gunari, and Floyd McCormick testify, Los Angeles, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Jockeys Charles Stevenson, George Burns, Albert Gunari, and Floyd McCormick testify, Los Angeles, 1936

Date Created

February 4, 1936

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

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.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 3536—Charles Stevenson, George Burns, Albert Gunari, Floyd McCormick, Jockeys in Court 2-4-36. [Stamped:] FEB 7 1936.
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.
Handwritten on negative: L2R Charles Stevenson + George Burns + Albert Gunari + Floyd McCormick 2-4-36.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

Group portraits
cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Hats
Jockeys--California--Los Angeles
Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles

Names

McCormick, Floyd
Burns, George, 1896-
Stevenson, Charles
Gunari, Albert

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image