Mary Landon Baker with her thoroughbred horse Jane True, Santa Barbara, 1922

Title: Mary Landon Baker with her thoroughbred horse Jane True, Santa Barbara, 1922
Date Created: [circa January - March 1922]
Date: 1922-01/1922-03
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Photograph of Mary Landon Baker at the 4th annual Santa Barbara Horse Show. Photo appears with the article "To .. Leave .. The .. Smart .. Set: Girl Who Fled Fiance to Wed in England, " Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 1922: II1. Baker was a daughter of financier Alfred L. Baker. Newspapers worldwide often covered her romantic life. She left Allister McCormick (whom she traveled to England to marry just after this photo was taken) at the altar thrice. She reportedly had received 65 marriage proposals by the time she died, but never married.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Baker, Mary Landon.

Genre: glass plate negatives
news photographs
Names: Baker, Mary Landon, 1901-1961
Location: Santa Barbara (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Socialites--California--Santa Barbara
Horses--California--Santa Barbara

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3692_G263
ARK: ark:/21198/z11s2hbk
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Rights Country: US