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. On November 7, Clarence Barker of Barker Bros. Family Furniture Store, was charged with bigamy for marrying Anna McDonald while still married to Martha Barker. He was also charged for writing bad checks. Related to "Judge Fixes Bigamy Trial: Salesman to Face Double Complaint," Los Angeles Times, 08 Nov 1938: A2. Clarence Barker stands in a courtroom with his left hand in his jacket pocket and his right hand holding his hat and some file envelopes. His overcoat is thrown over his right arm. He is in 3/4 profile, facing the left side of the picture. A clock is on the wall behind him between two windows; it reads noon. A metal studded wooden and leather chair is behind him. In the background, a balding man in an overcoat sits on a courtroom bench, holding his hat in his right hand. Handwritten on negative: Clarence Barker Text from negative sleeve: 15488- [stamp] JAN 31 1939. Clarence Barker (of Barker Bros Family Furniture Store). Breach of Promise. 1-20-39. [Credit Stamp] L.A. Times Photo By Gordon Wallace.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14816 ark:/21198/zz002j8gfs
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Bigamy--California--Los Angeles Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles Barker Bros Barker, Clarence (Clarence Alfred), 1890-1954
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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