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, "Old Troth Holds Good," Los Angeles Times, 09 Dec 1935: A3. Mrs. Hufersen stands beside her newlywed husband with her arm wrapped in the crook of his while Mr. Hufersen stares at her. In the German village of Hagen 20-year-old Gustave Hufersen and 17-year-old Elfriede Schulte were young sweethearts. Gustave moved to America to begin a brewing business and wed another woman, while Elfriede remained in Germany and wed another man. Both of their spouses passed on several years ago, and by a bizarre coincidence the two recently met in Seattle where their romance rekindled. They wed the previous Friday at the chambers of Municipal Judge Scheinman. Handwritten on negative: Elfriede Schulte Huferson Gustave Hufersen Text from negative sleeve: 4081 - LtR - Gustave Huferson Elfriede Schulte Huferson 12-6-35 Wedding - reunited couple 50 yrs after (both in their 70s) [stamped:] Dec 20 1935 Text from newspaper caption: Childhood sweethearts fifty years ago in Germany, Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Hufersen recently met again and found they were still in love. They were married here.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13095 ark:/21198/zz002hn77t
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Marriage--California--Los Angeles Hufersen, Gustave, b 1865 Hufersen, Elfriede Schulte, b. 1868
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