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Betty Hales and Mary Bell Sewell at Harry F. Sewell's court hearing, Los Angeles, 1934

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Title: Betty Hales and Mary Bell Sewell at Harry F. Sewell's court hearing, Los Angeles, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued: October 9, 1934
1934-10-09
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 Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Mary Bell Sewell, left, sits next to Betty Hales, right, in the courtroom during her husband's trial.
It is recommended by the court authority that Judge Sewell remain two months in a sanitarium on the grounds of abuse of alcohol.
A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Sewell Will Be Given Aid," Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct 1934: A1.
Handwritten on negative: Betty Hales Mary Bell Sewell
Text from negative sleeve: Sewell, Harry Judge & Mrs. 1934 [handwritten:] (Virginia Platt)
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_11656
ark:/21198/zz002h9r20
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles
Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles
Sewell, Mary Virginia, 1905-1995
Sewell, Harry F., 1889-1941
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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