Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Clara Callahan Ates, ex-wife of comedian Roscoe Ates, famous for his stutter, accompanied by her daughter Dorothy Ates at a court hearing. Both women are dressed in dark coloured high necked outfits with lopsided hats as they attempt to recover Mrs. Ates' lost watch. Dorothy Ates was later cropped out of the picture used in the newspaper article. Cropped photograph published with the Los Angeles Times article, "Mrs. Ates Gets Watch -- Court Sets Finder's Reward at $99 and a Wife of Comedian Pays," Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 1935: A14. Text from negative sleeve: 2851 - Nov 22 1935; L to R, Dorothy Ates -> daughter, Mrs. Roscoe Ates -> ex wife of stuttering comedian, 11-15-35, Recovery of jewelery Suit Text from newspaper caption: Gets Watch: Mrs. Roscoe Ates, wife of film comedian, recovers $1,500 wrist watch. Handwritten on negative: L to R - Dorothy Ates - Mrs. Roscoe Ates - 11-15-35
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9366 ark:/21198/zz002dhdt0
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Divorced women Ates, Dorothy Ates, Clara Callahan, 1897-1973
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