William and Emily Wadley celebrate 68 years of marriage, Los Angeles, 1936

Title: William and Emily Wadley celebrate 68 years of marriage, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created: January 31, 1936
Date: 1936-01-31
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Mr. and Mrs. Wadley sit together in their usual pew with a part of the rest of the congregation visible behind them.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Long-Wed Pair Feted," Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan 1936: A8.
The octogenarian couple has been married for 68 years, and according to church members have not missed a service at the Trinity Methodist Church in years. They have three sons, three daughters, eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: 147 147 Mr + Mrs. W. G. Wadley- 1/19/36
Text from negative sleeve: 3457 - Mr + Mrs. W. G. Wadley came to LA from Louisiana in 1911 photographed in pew @ Trinity Methodist Church - they never miss service 68th wedding ann. 1/19/36 [stamped:] Jan 31 1936

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Wadley, Emily, b. 1850 or 51
Wadley, William G., 1848-1937
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Older people--California--Los Angeles
Pews--California--Los Angeles
Spouses--California--Los Angeles
Anniversaries--California--Los Angeles
Methodist churches--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_12426
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hmf57
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