Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Photograph appears with the articles, "Wealthy Couples in Legal Battle," Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb 1935: A3 and "Sewell Wed in Las Vegas," Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar 1936: 3. Regarding the "extortion" note on the negative sleeve, this photograph does not appear with the article, but there was an article on Sewell's extortion: "Plot Perils Millionaire," Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan 1935: 1, where Sewell received several letters demanding $25,000 or he and/or his mother would be harmed. Sewell and Jane N. Scholtz Emerson were married in the Wollman Hotel by Baptist minister Reverend C. Sloan with the hotel operators as witnesses. The newlyweds plan to make a home in Las Vegas. Text from negative sleeve: Sewell, Barton extortion 4440 - [stamped:] Mar 25 1936 Handwritten on negative: Barton Sewell Text from newspaper caption from 1935: Barton Sewell, named co-respondent in divorce suit filed by Walter Emerson. Text from newspaper caption from 1936: Mrs. Jane S. Emerson and Barton Sewell, Beverly Hills wealthy sportsman, were married yesterday in Las Vegas, N. M., a few hours after she was granted a divorce from Walter N. Emerson. Both were central figures in recent "wife swapping" case heard in Superior Court.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13620 ark:/21198/zz002hnvck
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Weddings Extortion--California--Los Angeles Trials (Adultery)--California--Los Angeles Trials (Divorce)--California--Los Angeles Spouses--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Sewell, Barton, 1905-1953
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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