Peter C. Gernert at his divorce hearing, Los Angeles, 1936

Description: Mr. and Mrs. Gernert, married on June 14th of last year, appeared in court to address a divorce suit. Mrs. Gernert's chief witness is actress daughter Merna Kennedy, and witness Leonard J. Judd, a mutual friend of the couple, claims that Mrs. Gernert lacked respect for her husband, constantly quarrelling with him and calling him names.
Close up of photograph appears with the article, "Family Row Aired In Suit," Los Angeles Times, 09 Apr 1936: A3.
Mr. Gernert sits at a table pointing into the camera while other members of the courtroom appear seated behind him.
Caption: Text from newspaper caption: Peter C. Gernert
Text from negative sleeve: 4697 - Mrs Maude Gernert (mom) Peter Gernert (dad) Merna Kennedy (actress) Divorce 4/8/36 [stamped:] Apr 9 – 1936
Handwritten on negative: Peter Gernert 4/8/36

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Gernert, Peter C., (Capitalist)
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Capitalists & financiers--California--Los Angeles
Divorce--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_13893
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j7cmg
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