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Joseph Willis and Ethel McVey on the night of their wedding, Pasadena, 1935

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Title: Joseph Willis and Ethel McVey on the night of their wedding, Pasadena, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: December 13, 1935
1935-12-13
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.
Joseph Willis and Ethel McVey on the night of their wedding: Friday the 13th. Their wedding took place on the Colorado Street Bridge (the so-called "Suicide Bridge") in Pasadena.
Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Couple Wed Jinx Day on Honeymoon: Officer and His Bride Chose Friday, 13th, as Day, With Pasadena Bridge as Place," 15 Dec. 1935: 13.
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
Handwritten on negative: Joseph F Willis, Ethel E McVey 12-14-35
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13024
ark:/21198/zz002hn4sn
Subject: Colorado Street Bridge (Pasadena, Calif.)
Weddings--California--Pasadena
Willis, Joseph F., 1902-1949
McVey, Ethel E
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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