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. This photograph appears with the article, "Couple Wed Jinx Day on Honeymoon: Officer and His Bride Chose Friday, 13th, as Day, With Pasadena Bridge as Place," Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 1935: 13. Text from newspaper caption: Midnight Rite on Famed Bridge: Police Officer Joseph Willis and Ethel McVey, shown as they were married at midnight of Friday the 13th on the Colorado-street Bridge at Pasadena. Rev. J.H. Price officiated. Handwritten on negative: L2R Rev. J.H. Price, Joseph F. Willis, Ethel E. McVey 12-14-35 Text from negative sleeve: 4022- Rev J.H. Price, Joseph F. Willis, Ethel McVey. Wed on Suicide Bridge. 12-14-35. [Stamped:] Dec 14 1935
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13023 ark:/21198/zz002hn4r4
Subject
Weddings--California--Pasadena Colorado Street Bridge (Pasadena, Calif.) McVey, Ethel E Willis, Joseph F., 1902-1949 Price, J.H
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