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. This photograph appears with the article, “Child won by actress: custody of son lost in divorce regained in brief hearing,” Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 1936: A1. Photograph of actress Mildred Meyer Hymer holding her son Richard Meyer. Mildred has her arms around Richard’s waist and is smiling, while Richard is touching Mildred’s cheek. Text from newspaper caption: Mildred Meyer Hymer, screen actress and wife of Warren Hymer, actor, in court yesterday with son by former marriage, Richard Meyer, 4 years of age, after regaining child’s custody. Text from negative sleeve: 4464—Virginia Meyer Hymer (actress) + Richard Meyer (son), Child Custody (see other Hymer neg.) [Stamped:] MAR 26 1936 Handwritten on negative: Virginia Meyer Hymer + Richard Meyer.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13639 ark:/21198/zz002hnw1w
Subject
Mothers--California--Los Angeles Children--California--Los Angeles Actresses--American--California Custody of children--California--Los Angeles Hymer, Mildred Meyer, b. 1917 Meyer, Richard, b. 1932
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