Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph appears with the article, "Actor Seeks To End Ties," Los Angeles Times, 05 Jan 1935: A5. Walter and Jane Emerson have been married since 1922, separated since December 16, 1934. They have three sons. Mr. Emerson ascertains that Mrs. Emerson and Barton Sewell have been secretly seeing each other. However, Walter Emerson had also been seeing Leah Clampitt Sewell. The photograph of Mrs. Emerson is in a wooden framed picture. Text from newspaper caption: Jane Emerson, whose husband seeks divorce in proceedings begun yesterday. Text from negative sleeve: 4440 Emerson, Jane + Atty. W.J. Gilbert + rich yachtsman -> Barton Sewell (MAR 25 1936 stamp) married to Leah C. Sewell double divorce 2 couples. -> Walter Emerson screenwriter + actor Box 13 Handwritten on negative: Jane. N. Emerson.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13619 ark:/21198/zz002hnvb2
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Trials (Adultery)--California--Los Angeles Trials (Divorce)--California--Los Angeles Divorce--California--Los Angeles Sewell, Jane N. Scholtz Emerson, 1904-1988
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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