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, which was performed by Reverend J.H. Price (left). The other people are unidentified, but may be Willis and McVey's families. The wedding took place on the Colorado Street 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
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13025 ark:/21198/zz002hn4t5
Subject
Weddings--California--Pasadena Colorado Street Bridge (Pasadena, Calif.) Price, J.H Willis, Joseph F., 1902-1949 McVey, Ethel E
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