Names: O'Connor, Basil, 1892-1972 / Subject: Lawyers--California--Beverly Hills - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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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
Date:: February 29, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives