Betsey Cushing Roosevelt at her divorce suit against husband James Roosevelt, eldest son of the President, Los Angeles, February 29, 1940

Title: Betsey Cushing Roosevelt at her divorce suit against husband James Roosevelt, eldest son of the President, Los Angeles, February 29, 1940
Date Created: February 29, 1940
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description: Betsey Cushing Roosevelt, just arrived in Los Angeles for her divorce suit against husband James Roosevelt, the eldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Roosevelts were married for ten years before they separated and Mrs. Roosevelt moved from Los Angeles back to New York, taking the couple's two daughters. James Roosevelt was the first to file for divorce, citing desertion against his wife
Caption: Text from original nitrate sleeve: l to r - O'Connor, Basil - Atty.; Cushing, Henry K., Atty.; Roosevelt, James, Mrs. (Betsy Cushing)
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Mrs. James Roosevelt

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Subjects: People
Legal
Spouses--California--Los Angeles
Photographers--California--Los Angeles
Divorce--California--Los Angeles
Names: Whitney, Betsey Cushing Roosevelt, 1908-1998
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier: 22837
uclamss_1387_22837-01
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0028014z
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