Betsey Cushing Roosevelt being photographed with attorney Basil O'Connor and brother Henry K. Cushing, Los Angeles, February 29, 1940

Item Overview

Title

Betsey Cushing Roosevelt being photographed with attorney Basil O'Connor and brother Henry K. Cushing, 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

Notes

Description

Betsey Cushing Roosevelt being photographed with attorney Basil O'Connor (left) and her brother Henry Cushing as she 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: L - R Basil O'Connor - Henry K Cushing - Mrs. James Roosevelt

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Subjects

Lawyers--California--Beverly Hills
People
Spouses--California--Los Angeles
Railroads--California--Los Angeles
Photographers--California--Los Angeles
Divorce--California--Los Angeles

Names

Cushing, Henry K.
Whitney, Betsey Cushing Roosevelt, 1908-1998
O'Connor, Basil, 1892-1972

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image