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Barton Sewell married the very recently divorced Jane S. Emerson, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Barton Sewell married the very recently divorced Jane S. Emerson, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: March 25, 1936
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.
Sewell and Jane S. 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.
Photograph appears with the article, "Sewell Wed in Las Vegas," Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar 1936: 3.
Text from negative sleeve: Sewell, Barton extortion 4440 - [stamped:] Mar 25 1936
Text from newspaper caption: 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.
Handwritten on negative: Barton Sewell
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13620
ark:/21198/zz002hnvck
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Men--California--Los Angeles
Spouses--California--Los Angeles
Portrait photographs
Sewell, Barton, 1905-1953
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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