Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Ella Lengel, in a floral blouse, and sister Sarah, wearing a top with a white collar, smile cheerfully off-camera. A grinning man is seen in the distant background. Partly due to Clark's testimony, Lengel succesfully obtained a divorce from her allegedly abusive and philandering husband. Photograph appears with the article, "Court Cuts Double Ties," Los Angeles Times, October 17, 1935 Handwritten on nitrate negative: L to R - Ella Maria Lengel, Mrs. Sarah Clark, 10-16-35 Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2552-- L to R, Ella Maria Lengel (Divorce), Mrs. Sarah Clark (Witness), 10-16-35, Divorce Suit, [Stamped:] OCT 23 1935 Text from caption: Sister Aids Woman in Court, In obtaining a divorce yesterday the testimony of Mrs. Ella Maria Lengel, left, was corroborated by her sister, Mrs. Sarah Clark.
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image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9013 ark:/21198/zz002dh0nm
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No linguistic content
Subject
Legal People Divorce--California--Los Angeles Clark, Sarah, b. ca. 1910 Lengel, Maria Ella, b. ca. 1910
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