Gladys Carter and daughter Virginia embrace, Newhall, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Gladys Carter and daughter Virginia embrace, Newhall, 1935

Date Created

June 26, 1935

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Virginia and Gloria smile with their arms wrapped around each other.
After a jury found Gladys Carter victim of the killing of Frances Walker, but, ruled she was free on the technicality over her mental state at the time, the County Lunacy Commission has declared that she has regained her sanity and now therefore has custody of her 7-year-old daughter Virginia.
Photograph appears with the article, "Wife Who Slew Girl In Love Triangle Freed," Los Angeles Times, 27 June 1935: A1.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Carter - Mr. + Mrs Archie 1087 + Virginia (Mrs Gladys Carter) (pull)
Handwritten on negative: Mrs Gladys Carter + daughter Virginia 6-26-35
Text from newspaper caption: Mrs. Gladys Carter, freed yesterday in killing of love rival, shown as she greeted her daughter Virginia, whose custody she will have.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Judicial proceedings--California--Newhall
Mothers--California--Newhall
Custody of children--California--Newhall
Daughters--American--California--Newhall

Names

Wynne, Gladys Beatrice, 1906-1995
Carter, Virginia, b. 1927 or 28

Location

Newhall (Calif.)

Resource type

still image