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Title
Betsey Cushing Roosevelt and attorney Basil O'Connor, Los Angeles, February 29, 1940
Date Created and/or Issued
February 29, 1940
1940-02-29
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 and attorney Basil O'Connor surrounded by photographers after Mrs. Roosevelt 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 with Atty Basil O'Connor
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz00280160
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
People
Spouses--California--Los Angeles
Divorce--California--Los Angeles
Photographers--California--Los Angeles
Whitney, Betsey Cushing Roosevelt, 1908-1998
O'Connor, Basil, 1892-1972
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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