Title supplied by cataloger. "I don't kiss strangers," says Barbara Jean Ludlow, 11, center, as she draws away from her own mother, Mrs. Margaret Ludlow Vess, 28, right, in this dramatic scene in court, where Mrs. Vess won custody of the child from her former husband, Bradley R. Ludlow. Mrs. Vess said she had spent seven years looking for the child after her divorce from Ludlow. Left, Mrs. Erma Woods, Mrs. Vess' sister-in-law. Photograph dated November 14, 1947.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Custody of children--California--Los Angeles Domestic relations courts--California--Los Angeles Mothers and daughters--California--Los Angeles Judgments--California--Los Angeles Children--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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