Myrl Alderman and Ruth Etting share a kiss, Los Angeles, 1938

Description: Myrl and Ruth kiss in front of the tail end of the airplane, Myrl holding a cigarette between two fingers on his left hand.
In light of Miss Etting's divorce from Martin "The Gimp" Snyder being finalized she and Myrl Alderman, shooting victim of Mr. Snyder, took the first chance they got to marry by eloping to Las Vegas. When The Gimp learned of his wife's marriage he expressed that he still loves her and wishes her nothing but happiness.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Ruth Etting and Alderman Elope by Air to Las Vegas," Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec 1938: 1.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 14661 - Myrl Alderman (music arranger) Ruth Etting (Blues singer) Wed (after court cases for shooting + sueing) TIMES PHOTO BY ANDREW H. ARNOTT 12-14-38 [stamped:] Dec 22 1938
Handwritten on negative: Myrl Alderman Ruth Etting 12/14/38

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Alderman, Myrl
Etting, Ruth, 1897-1978
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Elopements--California--Los Angeles
Kissing
Airplanes--American--California--Los Angeles
Smoking

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_11680
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002h8gmz
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