Dorothy Dunbar Wells signing documents, Los Angeles, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Dorothy Dunbar Wells signing documents, Los Angeles, 1936

Date Created

January 29, 1936

Date

1936-01-29

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph appears with the article, "Oil Venture Bilking Told," Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan 1936: A2.
Dorothy Dunbar Wells looks directly into the camera through the veil on her hat as she signs a document.
Dorothy Dunbar was an actress. Married seven times, in her later years she went by Dorothy Wells Lawson.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 3349 - Dorothy Dunbar Wells David L'Esperance Dep. DA Max Baer x wife (actor) 1-23-36 [stamped:] Jan 29 1936
Text from newspaper caption: Dorothy Dunbar Wells, Max Baer's former wife, who told District Attorney's investigators yesterday she had been bilked out of $3000.
Handwritten on negative: 1/23/36 Dorothy Dunbar Wells
Former wife of boxer Max Baer is taking Jerry Miley to court with the help of district attorney L'Esperance on charges of grand theft.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Dunbar, Dorothy 1902-1992

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Crimes--California--Los Angeles
Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles