Image / Myrtle St. Pierre wearing a nurse's uniform, circa 1922-1932

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Title: Myrtle St. Pierre wearing a nurse's uniform, circa 1922-1932
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1922-1932]
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.
Photographic portrait of Myrtle St. Pierre wearing a nurse's uniform, standing in front of a curtain next to a wooden chair. The adjacent upside-down portrait of a woman is scratched out in the negative and appears to be unrelated.
In 1932, Myrtle St. Pierre brought a breach of promise suit against David Hutton two days after his marriage to the evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. The jury awarded her $5,000.
Handwritten on negative: Myrtle St. Pierre
Text from negative sleeve: St. Pierre, Myrtle (Joan), brought suit against David Hutton for betrayal in '34?
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_11507
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Subject: Nurses--American--California
St. Pierre, Myrtle Hazel Joan, b. 1902 or 1903
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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