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Description:: After spending time ill in the hospital Eva Griswold (nee Burkheimer) returned home to hear her automobile salesman husband Cedric Griswold announce that he no longer loved her and would be leaving. With the help of her sister's testimony Eva was granted a divorce.
Date:: November 14, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Madge Morris sitting down with legs crossed and smiling. Possibly the sister of Bernice Morris, who was the secretary of attorney R.A. McKinley who defended Aimee Semple McPherson in her alleged kidnapping case.
Date:: [between 1920-1929]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: In 1935 the sisters, who had gained success in film and theater starring as the characters Eva and Topsy (a role which Rosetta played in blackface) were attempting to make a comeback after various personal and financial troubles.
Date:: September 3, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: In 1935 the sisters, who had gained success in film and theater starring as the characters Eva and Topsy (a role which Rosetta played in blackface) were attempting to make a comeback after various personal and financial troubles.
Date:: August 31, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, "'Heavenly Twins' Still Smiling: Duncan Sisters Return, Denying New Romances," Los Angeles Times, 1 Sept. 1935: 5.
Date:: August 31, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Aphrodite Dora Versus with her sister Artemis Versus (or, perhaps her mother "Trini") in a courtroom for charges by Pedro J. Gonzales, alleged rapist of Aphrodite Versus, that he was convicted on perjured testimony. The young victim said she had lied because the city officials had promised to keep her out of reform school if she accused Pedro. The judge refused to admit her affidavit. The sentence was upheld by the Superior Court and he was sentenced to 1 - 50 years in prison on Nov. 7, 1935.
Date:: Aug. 16, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Bernice Morris sits smiling holding Madge's hand with Madge sitting on the arm of her chair. They both are wearing hats.
Date:: [between 1920-1929]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Howe, Frank B., 1897-1963
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Wally Hally Heading for Boxing Heights," Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan 1936: A10.
Date:: January 23, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph appears with the article "Twin Girls Shun Navy To Be Together in V.A.," Los Angeles Times 8 Dec. 1947: pg. 5.
Date:: [circa December 8, 1947]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Melba wears a dress with large buttons going down her chest and Irene wears a jacket with a wide color. Both girls wear hats, gloves, small purses, and white heels.
Date:: July August 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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