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Photograph caption dated June 14, 1954 reads, "Dunking distance - Actor Jess Barker, center, measures distance neighbor's maid stood from his Sherman Oaks home when she allegedly saw him throw his nude wife, Susan Hayward, into swimming pool. S. S. Hahn, Barker's attorney, and Jay Lawrence aid measurements during noontime recess today in divorce suit under way in Burbank."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Barker, Jess Barker, Jess--Trials, litigation, etc Hayward, Susan,--1917-1975--Trials, litigation, etc Divorce--Press coverage--California--Los Angeles Trials (Divorce)--California--Los Angeles Wife abuse--California--Los Angeles Divorce suits--California--Los Angeles Actors--California--Los Angeles Dwellings--California--Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles) Swimming pools--California--Los Angeles Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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