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Nurse Carolyn Wells takes care of bedridden Vivian Denton after a failed suicide attempt, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Nurse Carolyn Wells takes care of bedridden Vivian Denton after a failed suicide attempt, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: February 12, 1936
1936-02-12
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.
Nurse Carolyn Wells leans over the bedside of Vivian Denton and hands the woman, bundled under a quilt and sheets, a glass of white liquid while a newspaper featuring Denton's attempted suicide rests on her lap.
A similar image can be found with the article, "Aimee Raps Rift Report," Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb 1936: A1.
After a quarrel with evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson regarding accusations of abuse Vivian Denton returned to her residence in such a state of distress that she attempted to commit suicide by drinking a bottle of poison.
Text from negative sleeve: 3627 - Vivian Denton Nurse Carolyn Wells Attempted Suicide (after quarrel w/ Aimee Semple McPherson) 2-11-36 [stamped:] Feb 13 1936
Handwritten on negative: L 2 R Vivian Denton Nurse Carolyn Wells 2-11-36
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12713
ark:/21198/zz002hms2h
Language: English
Subject: Suicides--California--Los Angeles
Nurses--American--California--Los Angeles
Denton, Vivian, b. 1910
Wells, Carolyn, (Nurse)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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