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Title: Florence Nelson corroborates sister Eva Burkheimer Smith's testimony, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: November 14, 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.
After spending time ill in the hospital Eva Griswold (nee Burkheimer) returned home to hear her automobile salesman husband Cedric Griswold announce that he no longer loved her and would be leaving. With the help of her sister's testimony Eva was granted a divorce.
Photograph appears with the article, "Sister Aids Actress in Obtaining Divorce," Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov 1935: A12.
Text from negative sleeve: 2840 - L t R Mrs Eva Griswold -> "film player" (divorcee) Mrs. Florence Nelson (witness) 11-14-35 Divorce Suit [stamped:] Nov 22 1935
Text from newspaper caption: Her husband's love faded while she was ill in a hospital, Mrs. Eva Griswold, film player, left, testified yesterday in winning a divorce. Her sister, Mrs. Florence Nelson, corroborated her testimony.
Handwritten on negative: LtR - Mrs Eva Griswold - Mrs. Florence Nelson 11-14-35
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9356
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Divorce--California--Los Angeles
Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles
Sisters--American--California--Los Angeles
Smith, Eva Burkheimer, 1909-1964
Nelson, Florence L., 1904-1991
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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