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Title: Gertrude Charlebois campaigns for custody of her 4-year-old daughter, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: June 18, 1935
1935-06-18
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.
Photograph appears with the article, "Actress and Mate Fight Over Child," Los Angeles Times, 18 June 1935: A2.
Gertrude smiles for the camera. She bares her wedding band on her right hand resting her fingers against her face.
While seeking a divorce from her husband Gertrude is also fighting for custody of their four-year-old daughter Mary Ann. Mr. Charlebois obtains that during their marriage Gertrude spent time with other men and she claims that he left her shortly after the birth of their daughter for eight months to help his mother with the family estate.
Handwritten on negative: Gertrude Ann Charlebois 6-17-35
Text from newspaper caption: Mrs. Gertrude Ann Charlebois
Text from negative sleeve: CHARLEBOIS, GERTRUDE ANN ACTRESS 193 DIVORCE CASE
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_1559
ark:/21198/zz002dc1wx
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Divorce--California--Los Angeles
Actresses--American--California--Los Angeles
Custody of children--California--Los Angeles
Charlebois, Gertrude Ann, b. 1911
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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