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. Photograph appears with the article, "Air Jaunts Rift Issue," Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb 1936: A3. Mrs. Mantz wears a hat with a small airplane pinned to it. Mantz contends that his wife's accusations of adultery hold no basis in fact and they argued because of her unreasonable jealousy and she frequently scratched him, but Mrs. Mantz recounts his physical assault on one particular occasion where he beat her to unconsciousness. Text from newspaper caption: Mrs. Myrtle L. Mantz, suing A. Paul Mantz, air-line executive, for divorce, yesterday charged he kept her "grounded" while he went on air jaunts with other women. Handwritten on negative: Mrs Myrtle L. Mantz 2-/27/36 Text from negative sleeve: 3778 - Mrs Myrtle L Mantz (aviatrix) Paul Mantz (aviator + flying equip. manuf.) Contested Divorce 2-27-36 [stamped:] Feb 28 1936
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12824 ark:/21198/zz002hmwwc
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Portrait photographs Air pilots--American--California--Los Angeles Divorce--California--Los Angeles Mantz, Myrtle L
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