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Title: Actress Marian Nixon and her newly adopted son Christopher, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: April 23, 1936
1936-04-23
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.
With a grin Marion balances Christopher on her lap, who shakes one of his toys about.
Photograph appears with the headline, "Film Couple Adopt Nevada Boy," Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr 1936: A1.
Text from negative sleeve: 4963 - Marion Nixon ACTRESS (Mrs Wm. Seiter) DIRECTOR + adopted son Christopher Nixon Seiter [stamped:] Apr 23 1936
Handwritten on negative: Marion Nixon
Text from newspaper caption: William Seiter, film director, and his wife, Marian Nixon, screen actress, are proud parents as their new son, Christopher Nixon Seiter, adopted last week in Las Vegas, Nev., has begun his rule of the household. Miss Nixon announced yesterday that she is leaving her screen career.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_14131
ark:/21198/zz002j7ntf
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Infants--California--Los Angeles
Actresses--American--California
Adoption--California--Los Angeles
Nixon, Marian, 1904-1983
Seiter, Christopher Nixon, 1935-2003
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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