Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The couple sit together on a sofa, Dr. Morgenstiern with his arm wrapped around Ida's waist. Photograph appears with the article, "Ex-Doctor of Czar to Wed," Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec 1931: A1. Dr. Morgenstiern was the court physician for the former royal Russian family for 25 years until the overthrow of the Czarist regime, which brought him to America in 1926, after he escaped from being held prisoner for two years by the Reds. Morgenstiern and Miss Gewertz plan on making their home in Beverly Hills. Text from newspaper caption: Marriage Scheduled for This Week Dr. E. F. Morgenstiern and his fiancée, Miss Ida Anita Gewertz. Text from negative sleeve: MORGENSTIERN, E.F. DR. 1931 (Morgenstiern, Elias Federovitch) + Mrs. (Miss Ida Anita Gewertz) psychologist from Petrograd, former president of Royal Psycho-Analytical Institute of Petrograd (escaped from Russia to NYC) then to L.A. = 1924) for health Handwritten on negative: Dr. + Mrs. E. F. Morgenstein
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6439 ark:/21198/zz002cwnn9
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No linguistic content
Subject
Betrothal--California--Los Angeles Physicians--Russian--California--Los Angeles Gewertz, Ida Anita, b. 1896 or 97 Morgenstiern, Elias Feodorovich, 1869-1951
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