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Mercedes Sparkman fails to get the court to recognize ex-husband Ned Sparks of fraudulent behavior during a property settlement, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Mercedes Sparkman fails to get the court to recognize ex-husband Ned Sparks of fraudulent behavior during a property settlement, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: April 1, 1936
1936-04-01
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.
Mrs. Sparkman wears a fur and black gloves as she appears to be captured speaking mid-sentence.
Mrs. Sparkman divorced comedian Ned Sparks a year ago and was recently unsuccessful in an attempt to have the divorce set aside on the contention of her husband defrauding her in a property settlement.
Story related to photograph appears with the article, "Ned Sparks Gets Decree," Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr 1936: A8.
Handwritten on negative: Mrs Mercedes Sparkman 3/30/36
Text from negative sleeve: 4550 - Mrs Mercedes Sparkman Divorce from Ned Sparks, comedian (aka Edward A. Sparkman 3/30/36 [stamped:] Apr 1 - 1936
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13742
ark:/21198/zz002hp0k2
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Divorced women
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Sparkman, Mercedes
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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