Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Mary Wilmer, private secretary to Gilbert H. Beesemyer, sitting and wearing a collared dress, hat, necklace, and watch. Behind her is a locker or vented cabinet. This photograph was probably taken when Wilmer testified on December 18, 1930 in Los Angeles Superior Judge Wood's court at the embezzlement trial of Beesemyer. Possibly related to the article, "BEESEMYER IN DEEPER: Ten New Counts Prepared: Grand Jury Due to Reindict Swindler as He Pleads to Charges Today: Salvage of Guaranty May Go to 60 or 70 Per Cent, Shaw Declares," Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec 1930: 1. Handwritten on negative: Mary Wilmer. Text from negative sleeve: Wilmer, Mary.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_4484 ark:/21198/zz002cq90d
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Secretaries--California--Los Angeles Witnesses--California--Los Angeles Wilmer, Mary Adelaide, 1898-1987
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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