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Title: Judge Fletcher Bowron with children of custody battle, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: Aug 8, 1935
1935-08-08
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.
Photograph of Judge Fletcher Bowron with Betty Jean Ballinger [later Jackson] and Robert Arthur Ballinger, children involved in a bitter custody battle between their parents, Noah A. Ballinger and Miriam Ballinger Billingsley. According to a related article, before making his decision in the hearing, Judge Bowron questioned the two children.
Refer to article: "Youngsters' Time Divided," Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 1935: A1.
Handwritten on negative: [Right] Bety Jean Ballinger; [Left] Robert Ballinger, 8/8/35; [bottom] Judge Fletcher Bowron
Text on negative sleeve: 1565 - Aug 14, 1935; L to R, Robert Ballinger - 6 yr; Judge Fletcher Bowron; Betty Jean Ballinger - 11 yr, 8/8/35; Child Custody Case
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9908
ark:/21198/zz002dj2hz
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Judges--California--Los Angeles
Brothers and sisters
Custody of children--California--Los Angeles
Ballinger, Robert Arthur, 1928-2005
Jackson, Betty Jean Ballinger, b. 1923
Bowron, Fletcher, 1887-1968
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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