Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Portrait photograph of Judge Guy F. Bush and his second wife, Leila Hewitt LeGrand Bush. copy photo Judge Guy F. Bush was known for having at least six wives, most married for brief periods with tumultuous divorces. He stepped down from being a judge after the scandal of marrying his second wife, Leila LeGrand Bush, who had been married to a man Judge Bush put away for grand theft, John H. LeGrand, and then reduced his sentence once Leila divorced him. Judge Bush and Leila LeGrand married in Tijuana after Bush's divorce from his first wife, Grace E. Bush, finalized. This photograph appeared with the articles "Bush Bride Once Wife of Convict," Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct 1934: 1 and "Judge Bush Marriage Under Investigation," Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov 1934: 1. Handwritten on negative: Mr. and Mrs. Judge Guy Bush Handwritten on negative sleeve: Bush, Guy F. Judge.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_1249 ark:/21198/zz002dbp69
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Divorce--California--Los Angeles Spouses--California--Los Angeles Marriage--California--Los Angeles Judges--California--Los Angeles Bush, Guy F., 1881-1960 LeGrand, Leila Hewitt, 1894-1968
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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