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. Wheeler appeared in court to explain to Superior Judge Kincaid that her husband had left on December 1, 1931 based on differences that were beyond reconcile. Bernice Wheeler leans against the edge of the witness box, wearing a hat, coat and furs, staring off into the distant as she rests her head on her hand. Photograph appears with the article, "Wife Granted Divorce From Bert Wheeler," Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb 1936: 3. Text from newspaper caption: Bernice Wheeler, appearing in court where she was granted a divorce yesterday from Bert Wheeler, film comedian. Mrs. Wheeler said her husband left her in 1931 and did not return. Text from negative sleeve: 3750 - Bernice Wheeler 167 So Orange Divorce -> from Bert Wheeler, comedian, of Wheeler + Woolsey duo 2-19-36 [stamped:] Feb 21 1936 Handwritten on negative: Bernice Wheeler 167 So Orange Dr 2-19-36
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12813 ark:/21198/zz002hmwhp
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Divorce--California--Los Angeles Wheeler, Bernice Speer, 1905-1985
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