Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. This photograph is related to the article, "Bette Davis Loses Spouse: Actress' Husband Granted Divorce On Cruelty Grounds," Los Angeles Times, 07 Dec. 1938: A1 A similar photograph of Harmon O. Nelson during divorce proceedings appears with the caption, "BREAKS BONDS Harmon Oscar Nelson," Los Angeles Times, 07 Dec. 1938: A3 Harmon O. Nelson, Jr. sits, off-center to the right, at a desk in a small room during a divorce hearing. He dons a gray-colored suit as he rests his right hand to the desk in front of him and glances slightly towards the left. Behind him, at left, stands a wooden door in partial view. Through a doorway at right, a man stands along the right edge as he speaks into a telephone. Handwritten on negative: Harmon O. Nelson Jr. 12/[?]/38 Handwritten text from negative sleeve: 15163 - Harmon O. Nelson Jr. (former orch. leader) Bette Davis divorce 12/6/38 [date stamp:] DEC 13 1938
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_11871 ark:/21198/zz002h8qhs
Subject
Musicians--American--California--Los Angeles Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles Divorce--California--Los Angeles Nelson, Harmon Oscar, Jr., 1907-1975 Davis, Bette, 1908-1989
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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