Ralph "Walter" Emerson and Milton H. Cohen, Jr., Los Angeles, 1935

Description: At center, Ralph "Walter" Emerson (left) stands in a courtroom with his lawyer, Milton Cohen, Jr. (right). Walter Emerson faces towards the camera, while Milton Cohen, Jr. stands in profile, facing left. A chalkboard stretches across the background at left.
A similar photograph of Walter Emerson is captioned, "Bitten in Clash, He Charges Walter Emerson, figure in recent 'wife-trading' legal battle showed injuries in court yesterday which he said he received from Barton Sewell in fight Sunday. (AP) photo," Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 1935: A1
Caption: Handwritten on negative: Milton Cohen Jr. 40209 Walter Emerson

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Sewell, Jane N. Scholtz Emerson, 1904-1988
Cohen, Milton
Emerson, Ralph, 1899-1984
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Trials (Adultery)--California--Los Angeles
Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Trials (Custody of children)--California--Los Angeles
Trials (Divorce)--California--Los Angeles
Actors--American--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_15092
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j8szw
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