Aviatrix Adoree Neville at accident lawsuit, Los Angeles, 1935

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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds., Text from negative sleeve: 1641 - Aug 22 1935; Adoree Neville 8/14/35; Aviatrix in court with her accident suit, This is a picture of aviatrix daredevil Adoree Neville in court to resist the setting aside of a $5000 verdict a jury awarded her in an accident suit filed against apartment-house owners. Ms. Neville had testified that the folding bed in the apartment collapsed, breaking her nose and two teeth., Photograph published with caption "Bed victim." Refer to article, "Re-Trial in Folding Bed Suit Fought." Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 1935: 7, Handwritten on negative: [to the right] Adoree Neville 8/14/35