Actress Mildred V. Hymer petitioning for full custody of her son, Los Angeles, 1936

Title: Actress Mildred V. Hymer petitioning for full custody of her son, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created: March 8, 1936
Date: 1936-03-08
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: When Mildred V. Hymer divorced Frederick Myers the previous year he was granted custody of their son Richard on grounds of desertion, but now that she has remarried actor Warren Hymer and is more financially stable she is petitioning full custody.
Mildred V. Hymer is dressed in a coat, hat and furs as she leans over the back of a chair and smiles into the camera.
Photograph appears with article, "Fight Begun For Child," Los Angeles Times, 09 Mar 1936: 8.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 3882 - Mildred Virginia Hymer • actress • divorced Frederick Meyer • had son Richard w/Meyer • married actor Warren Hymer Child Custody 3/7/36 [stamped:] Mar 18 1936
Handwritten on negative: Mildred Virginia Hymer 3/7/36
Text from newspaper caption: Mildred V. Hymer, film actress, files plea for custody of young son lost to her when first husband won decree.

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
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