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Betsey Cushing Roosevelt at her divorce suit against husband James Roosevelt, eldest son of the President, Los Angeles, February 29, 1940

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Title: Betsey Cushing Roosevelt at her divorce suit against husband James Roosevelt, eldest son of the President, Los Angeles, February 29, 1940
Date Created and/or Issued: February 29, 1940
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Betsey Cushing Roosevelt, just arrived in Los Angeles for her divorce suit against husband James Roosevelt, the eldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Roosevelts were married for ten years before they separated and Mrs. Roosevelt moved from Los Angeles back to New York, taking the couple's two daughters. James Roosevelt was the first to file for divorce, citing desertion against his wife
Text from original nitrate sleeve: l to r - O'Connor, Basil - Atty.; Cushing, Henry K., Atty.; Roosevelt, James, Mrs. (Betsy Cushing)
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Mrs. James Roosevelt
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: 22837
uclamss_1387_22837-01
ark:/21198/zz0028014z
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Legal
Spouses--California--Los Angeles
Photographers--California--Los Angeles
Divorce--California--Los Angeles
Whitney, Betsey Cushing Roosevelt, 1908-1998
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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