Golda Gose rests on her stretcher in front of the jury, Los Angeles, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Golda Gose rests on her stretcher in front of the jury, Los Angeles, 1936

Date Created

February 1936

Date

1936-02

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Golda's stretcher is rested between two chairs. She is covered with a blanket that obscures her legs, and pillows prop her head up. The jurors look down at her.
Golda Gose is taking Joan Crawford's brother Hal Le Sueur to court for damages totaling $86,400 after she broke both legs while riding in her husband's car, which collided with Le Sueur's on Cahuenga Boulevard.
Photograph appears with the article, "Case Naming Actor Opens," Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb 1936: A1.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Mrs Golda Gose
Text from newspaper caption: Mrs. Golda Dose, who seeks $86,400 damages from Hal Le Sueur, brother of Joan Crawford, was taken into Superior Judge Baird's court yesterday on a stretcher.
Text from negative sleeve: 3809 - Mrs Golda Gose hit by Joan Crawford's brother Traffic Victim (in court) [stamped:] Feb 28 1936

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Gose, Golda, 1889-1973

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Litters
Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles
Wounds & injuries--California--Los Angeles
Juries--California--Los Angeles