Joseph Willis and Ethel McVey on the night of their wedding, Pasadena, 1935

Title: Joseph Willis and Ethel McVey on the night of their wedding, Pasadena, 1935
Date Created: December 13, 1935
Date: 1935-12-13
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Joseph Willis and Ethel McVey on the night of their wedding: Friday the 13th. Their wedding took place on the Colorado Street Bridge (the so-called "Suicide Bridge") in Pasadena.
Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Couple Wed Jinx Day on Honeymoon: Officer and His Bride Chose Friday, 13th, as Day, With Pasadena Bridge as Place," 15 Dec. 1935: 13.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 4022- Rev J.H. Price, Joseph F. Willis, Ethel McVey. Wed on Suicide Bridge. 12-14-35. [Stamped:] Dec 14 1935
Handwritten on negative: Joseph F Willis, Ethel E McVey 12-14-35

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Willis, Joseph F., 1902-1949
McVey, Ethel E.
Location: Pasadena (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.144722
Latitude: -118.163611
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Colorado Street Bridge (Pasadena, Calif.)
Weddings--California--Pasadena

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_13024
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hn4sn
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