Judge Frank G. Swain decides who gets custody of Alice Cruickshank, Robert Cruickshank, and John Cruickshank, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Judge Frank G. Swain decides who gets custody of Alice Cruickshank, Robert Cruickshank, and John Cruickshank, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

November 28, 1935

Date

1935-11-28

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

This photograph appears with the article, “Custody Fight Decided in Father’s Favor: RENO DIVORCE HELD VOID IN BATTLE FOR CHILDREN,” Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 1935: A5.
Judge Swain sits in a chair while siblings Alice, Robert, and John Cruickshank stand around him. Judge Swain granted custody of the three children to their father, John A. Cruickshank.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 4094—LtR Betty Cruickshank, Judge Frank G. Swain, Robert Cruickshank, John Cruickshank, Child Custody Case, 11-27-35, [Stamped:] DEC 20 1935
Text from newspaper caption: Court consults children in contest over their custody. Left to right are Alice Cruickshank, Superior Judge Swain, Robert Cruickshank and John Cruickshank.
Handwritten on negative: LtR—Betty Cruickshank, Judge Frank G Swain, Robert Cruickshank, John Cruickshank 11-27-35

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Group portraits

Names

Cruickshank, Robert, b. 1926
Swain, Frank G. (Frank Graham), 1892-1975
Cruickshank, John, b. 1928
Cruickshank, Alice, b. 1923

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Judges--California--Los Angeles
Divorce--California--Los Angeles
Children--California--Los Angeles
Custody of children--California--Los Angeles