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
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Jean Jarvis was an actress and dancer in the Los Angeles area who passed away in 1933 from illness. Edward (Eddie) Usher Jr. was a well known football star from Michigan. Jean Jarvis sitting in a chair next to Edward Usher Jr., likely during the trial following the assault of Usher by film director William Nigh. Text from negative sleeve: Jarvis, Jean Actress, 1927 Handwritten on negative: Jean Jarvis, WM Usher Text from newspaper caption: Victim and Cause of Jealous Fury: Edward Usher, Jr. and Jean Jarvis [Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 1928: A3] Text from newspaper caption: Edward Usher Jr., and Jean Jarvis.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_5195 ark:/21198/zz002cv5rn
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Dancers--American--California--Los Angeles Football players--California--Los Angeles Actresses--American--California--Los Angeles Jarvis, Jean, 1903-1933 Usher, Edward, Jr., 1898-1973
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