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Title
Anna Laura Barnett tends to the garden, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued
March 4, 1936
1936-03-04
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. Barnett fights for the money and property of her deceased millionaire husband Jackson Barnett, the court claiming that she was never legally the wife of Mr. Barnett.
Anna stands in front of a white fence pouring a water can over a bush.
Photograph appears with the article, "Barnett's Widow Cited," Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar 1936: A2.
Text from negative sleeve: 4794- Anna Laura Barnett Jackson Barnett's Home Jackson Barnett - wealthy Indian d. 1934 3/4/36 [stamped:] Apr 14 1936
Text from newspaper caption: Mrs. Ann Barnett, widow of Jackson Barnett, wealthy Indian, pictured watering shrubs at home on Wilshire Boulevard. Government wants order forcing upkeep of entire lawn.
Handwritten on negative: 143 143 Anna Laura Barnett 3/4/36
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14054
ark:/21198/zz002j7k5n
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Gardening equipment & supplies
Estates--California--Los Angeles
Gardening--California--Los Angeles
Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles
Widows
Barnett, Anna Laura, 1880-1952
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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