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Title: William and Emily Wadley celebrate 68 years of marriage, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: January 31, 1936
1936-01-31
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
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Mr. and Mrs. Wadley sit together in their usual pew with a part of the rest of the congregation visible behind them.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Long-Wed Pair Feted," Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan 1936: A8.
The octogenarian couple has been married for 68 years, and according to church members have not missed a service at the Trinity Methodist Church in years. They have three sons, three daughters, eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Handwritten on negative: 147 147 Mr + Mrs. W. G. Wadley- 1/19/36
Text from negative sleeve: 3457 - Mr + Mrs. W. G. Wadley came to LA from Louisiana in 1911 photographed in pew @ Trinity Methodist Church - they never miss service 68th wedding ann. 1/19/36 [stamped:] Jan 31 1936
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12426
ark:/21198/zz002hmf57
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Older people--California--Los Angeles
Pews--California--Los Angeles
Spouses--California--Los Angeles
Anniversaries--California--Los Angeles
Methodist churches--California--Los Angeles
Wadley, Emily, b. 1850 or 51
Wadley, William G., 1848-1937
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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