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Corliss Palmer Brewster divorces her neglectful husband with the help of her sister Katherine Palmer, Los Angeles, 1933

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Title: Corliss Palmer Brewster divorces her neglectful husband with the help of her sister Katherine Palmer, Los Angeles, 1933
Date Created and/or Issued: December 5, 1933
1933-12-05
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Millionaire publisher Eugene V. Brewster and husband of actress and "Georgia Peach" beauty contest winner Corliss Palmer testifies that her husband neglected to take her out, nagged her, and would rather read and play solitaire than spend time with his wife.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Corliss Palmer Divorced," Los Angeles Times, 06 Dec 1933: A10.
Katherine stands beside her seated sister Corliss who rests her head on a gloved hand.
Text from negative sleeve: BREWSTER, CORLISS PALMER X ACTRESS
Handwritten on negative: Katherine Palmer Corliss Palmer Brewster
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_1435
ark:/21198/zz002dbwmd
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Sisters--American--California--Los Angeles
Actresses--American--California--Los Angeles
Beauty contestants--California--Los Angeles
Divorce--California--Los Angeles
Palmer, Corliss, 1902-1952
Palmer, Katherine
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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