German newlyeds Elfriede and Gustave Hufersen marry after 50 years apart, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

German newlyeds Elfriede and Gustave Hufersen marry after 50 years apart, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

December 9, 1935

Date

1935-12-09

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph appears with the article, "Old Troth Holds Good," Los Angeles Times, 09 Dec 1935: A3.
Mrs. Hufersen stands beside her newlywed husband with her arm wrapped in the crook of his while Mr. Hufersen stares at her.
In the German village of Hagen 20-year-old Gustave Hufersen and 17-year-old Elfriede Schulte were young sweethearts. Gustave moved to America to begin a brewing business and wed another woman, while Elfriede remained in Germany and wed another man. Both of their spouses passed on several years ago, and by a bizarre coincidence the two recently met in Seattle where their romance rekindled. They wed the previous Friday at the chambers of Municipal Judge Scheinman.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Elfriede Schulte Huferson Gustave Hufersen
Text from negative sleeve: 4081 - LtR - Gustave Huferson Elfriede Schulte Huferson 12-6-35 Wedding - reunited couple 50 yrs after (both in their 70s) [stamped:] Dec 20 1935
Text from newspaper caption: Childhood sweethearts fifty years ago in Germany, Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Hufersen recently met again and found they were still in love. They were married here.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Hufersen, Gustave, b 1865
Hufersen, Elfriede Schulte, b. 1868

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Marriage--California--Los Angeles