Judge Alfred Paonessa and Randolph Kerr watch Lloyd Federmeyer show his skills on a marble game, Los Angeles, circa 1934 DATE CREATED circa 1934 DATE 1934 PUBLISHER Los Angeles Times LANGUAGE No linguistic content COLLECTION Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection Notes DESCRIPTION A jury is left to determine whether or not James Martin's marble game at his store on Spring street is in violation of gambling laws. The fate of 1500 marble games in Los Angeles rest in their decision. Lloyd Federmeyer played the game in front of the court to show that skill and not chance affects the marble games and Federmeyer performed several spectacular stunts. Judge Paonessa and Prosecutor Randolph Kerr carefully observe the surface of the marble-game machine as Lloyd Federmeyer gleefully plays. Photograph appears with the article, "Marbles Roll in Court," Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug 1934: A1. CAPTION Text from negative sleeve: Paonessa, Alfred E. Judge 1933 Text from newspaper caption: Judge Paonessa, left, Randolph Kerr, Deputy City Prosecutor, right, and Lloyd Federmeyer, characterized as expert player, demonstrating marble-game machine in court. Handwritten on negative: Alfred Paonessa, Lloyd Federmeyer Randolph Karr Physical Description EXTENT 1 photograph MEDIUM b&w nitrate negative Keywords GENRE cellulose nitrate film news photographs NAMES Paonessa, Alfred E., 1901-1990 Kerr, Randolph Federmeyer, Lloyd Delbert, 1910-1958 LOCATION Los Angeles (Calif.) RESOURCE TYPE still image SUBJECTS Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles Judges--California--Los Angeles Lawyers--California--Los Angeles Gambling--California--Los Angeles Games--California--Los Angeles Find This Item REPOSITORY University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections LOCAL IDENTIFIER uclamss_1429_7150 ARK ark:/21198/zz002cxh5k MANIFEST URL IIIF Manifest Access Condition RIGHTS STATEMENT copyrighted RIGHTS HOLDER UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988 RIGHTS COUNTRY US FUNDING NOTE Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. LICENSE

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