Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears with the article, 'Purple pajamas Figure in Trial," Los Angeles Times, 2 Jun 1922: II7. In May, 1922, Rudolph Valentino was charged with bigamy after he married Natacha Rambova before the one-year wait period was over from his divorce from Jean Acker. Ramalda Lugo and her daughter Lena were housekeepers at Rambova and Valentino's house in Palm Springs and testified against them in court. Ramalda Lugo, center, walks beside her daughter Lena, left, and an unidentified man. Ramalda holds a piece of paper to her face. Text from newspaper caption: Mrs. Ramaldo Lugo! Handwritten on negative: Ramalda Luga [sic] + Lena Text from negative sleeve: Valentino Bigamy Trial Ramaldo Luga [sic] & Lena
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9823 ark:/21198/zz002dhzk3
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Witnesses--California--Los Angeles Trials--California--Los Angeles Lugo, Lena Lugo, Ramalda
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