Harriet Binney and two friends exit a court house, Los Angeles, 1929

Item Overview

Title

Harriet Binney and two friends exit a court house, Los Angeles, 1929

Date Created

July 19, 1929

Date

1929-07-19

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

A cropped version of this image appears with the article "Judge to Read Love Letters: Flaming Missives Issue in Fawcett Balm Case, Said to be from Mrs. Binney to Plaintiff's Husband, Court Will Decide Whether Jury Should See Them," Los Angeles Times, 20 Jul. 1920: A3. In the summer of 1929, June Fawcett sued Harriet Binney for $100,000 for causing alienation of affection. Binney was "asserted to have stolen the love of June Fawcett's husband Clyde. Love letters between Binney and Clyde Fawcett became corroborating evidence in the proceedings.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Harriett Binney (in center + friends)
Text from newspaper caption: Defendant in Suit For Heart Damages. Mrs. Harriet Binney
Text from negative sleeve: Binney, Harriett. Divorce case. 1929

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w glass negative

Keywords

Genre

glass plate negatives
news photographs

Names

Binney, Harriett M.

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Actions & defenses--California--Los Angeles