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. Close up of photograph appears with the article, "Family Row Aired In Suit," Los Angeles Times, 09 Apr 1936: A3. Mr. Gernert sits at a table pointing into the camera while other members of the courtroom appear seated behind him. Mr. and Mrs. Gernert, married on June 14th of last year, appeared in court to address a divorce suit. Mrs. Gernert's chief witness is actress daughter Merna Kennedy, and witness Leonard J. Judd, a mutual friend of the couple, claims that Mrs. Gernert lacked respect for her husband, constantly quarrelling with him and calling him names. Text from negative sleeve: 4697 - Mrs Maude Gernert (mom) Peter Gernert (dad) Merna Kennedy (actress) Divorce 4/8/36 [stamped:] Apr 9 – 1936 Handwritten on negative: Peter Gernert 4/8/36 Text from newspaper caption: Peter C. Gernert
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13893 ark:/21198/zz002j7cmg
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Divorce--California--Los Angeles Capitalists & financiers--California--Los Angeles Gernert, Peter C., (Capitalist)
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