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Title: Harriet Binney and two friends exit a court house, Los Angeles, 1929
Date Created and/or Issued: July 19, 1929
1929-07-19
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: A cropped version of this image appears with the article "Judge to Read Love Letters: Flaming Missives Issue in Fawcett Balm Case, Said to be from Mrs. Binney to Plaintiff's Husband, Court Will Decide Whether Jury Should See Them," Los Angeles Times, 20 Jul. 1920: A3. In the summer of 1929, June Fawcett sued Harriet Binney for $100,000 for causing alienation of affection. Binney was "asserted to have stolen the love of June Fawcett's husband Clyde. Love letters between Binney and Clyde Fawcett became corroborating evidence in the proceedings.
Handwritten on negative: Harriett Binney (in center + friends)
Text from newspaper caption: Defendant in Suit For Heart Damages. Mrs. Harriet Binney
Text from negative sleeve: Binney, Harriett. Divorce case. 1929
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3694_G446
ark:/21198/z13v58z6
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Actions & defenses--California--Los Angeles
Binney, Harriett M
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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