Dorothy Gessey goes to court over brick-throwing incident, Los Angeles, 1935

Title: Dorothy Gessey goes to court over brick-throwing incident, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created: March 28, 1935
Date: 1935-03-28
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Photograph appears with the article, "Who Threw That Brick? On Answer Hangs $15,000," Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar 1935: A2.
Elizabeth Gessey is taking her next door neighbor Mattie McKenzie to court on the accusation that Mrs. McKenzie threw a brick at Mrs. Gessey over a dispute that began when Mrs. McKenzie tried to build a brick wall between their properties, causing Mrs. Gessey to break her arm. Her daughter-in-law Dorothy Gessey is to testify on her behalf.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: Mrs Dorothy Gessey
Text from negative sleeve: GESSEY, DOROTHY MRS.
Text from newspaper caption: Mrs. Dorothy Gessey

Genre: Portrait photographs
cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Gessey, Dorothy
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Portrait photographs
Witness--California--Los Angeles
Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_4834
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002ctr9p
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