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Title
Helen Ann Rork resolves a settlement with her estranged husband Jean Paul Getty, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued
September 1935
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.
Helen sits in the witness stand resting her chin on one fist.
Photograph appears with the article, "Deal Closes Getty Case," Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep 1935: 15.
Helen Ann Rork Getty has agreed to an out-of-court settlement with multimillionaire oil operator husband Jean Paul Getty; she will be receiving $1500 a month temporary alimony for she and her two children.
Handwritten on negative: Helen Ann Rork Getty
Text from newspaper caption: Mrs. Helen Ann Rork Getty, who has accepted settlement offered by her husband as prelude to divorce.
Text from negative sleeve: 1220 - Helen Ann Rork Getty Divorce 9-4-35 [stamped:] Sep (?) 1935
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7562
ark:/21198/zz002df8m2
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Divorce--California--Los Angeles
Settlements--California--Los Angeles
Actresses--American--California--Los Angeles
Light, Helen Ann Rork 1908-1988
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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