Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) / Subject: Drunk driving--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Mrs. Marsena Norton, sitting between two men, most likely her attorneys Lee J. Myers and Louis B. Minter. Photo was taken during a trial in which Mrs. Norton is seeking $25,000 in damages against Jimmie Walker for the death of her husband, John Thomas Norton. Mr. Walker was allegedly driving 105 miles an hour when he lost control of the car containing Mr. Norton and three others. Mr. Norton and one other passenger died in the crash, two others were seriously injured, Walker sustained minor injuries. The defense argued that all passengers had been drinking before the accident.
Date:: February 7, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: St. Clair poses wearing a coat with a fur collar and a hat. She was arrested and charged with a misdemeanor for hitting three cars while driving intoxicated. She was tried and found guilty and her license suspended permanently.
Date:: November 13, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Sally St. Claire stands in front of what looks like a metal locker. She is holding the top of her fur coat closed. She holds an unlit cigarette in her right hand. She is facing the camera, but looking somewhat off to the side.
Date:: October 17, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Story related to photograph appears with the article, "Auto Takes Man's Life," Los Angeles Times, 02 Nov 1935: A1.
Date:: November 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Madeline Morris, a dancer, wears an open coat while sitting on a wooden bench against a wall. She is presumably sitting in the hallway of a local courthouse or jail (possibly Lincoln Heights Jail). Morris was drunk driving and drove through a red light, resulting in a crash that injured Catherine Manchester, a passenger in the other car.
Date:: October 22, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Refer to article, "One Killed in Traffic; Six Motorists Arrested," Los Angeles Times, 10 Jun. 1935: A1; and, "Crash Nets Jail Term," Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 1935: A12.
Date:: Aug 5, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, "Auto Death Case Opens." Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 1935: A3.
Date:: September 20, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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