MAY CONTAIN NUTS
HOME
 
JUMP TO PAGE   100  >  200  >  300  >  400  >  500  >  600
VINTAGRAPH • WPA • WWII • YOU MEAN A WOMAN CAN OPEN IT?
Home » Photo galleries » Photographers » DPC

Ruby: 1915

Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 2:14pm.
Tags:
New York, December 11, 1915. "Mrs. John Charles Thomas." The singer Ruby Rothnour, wife of the noted baritone. In 1923 she got a divorce in Reno. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.

New York, December 11, 1915. "Mrs. John Charles Thomas." The singer Ruby Rothnour, wife of the noted baritone. In 1923 she got a divorce in Reno. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.

BROWSE & SEARCH   |   ►BUY THIS PHOTO   |   BUY DIGITAL IMAGE
 
»

On Shorpy:
Today’s Top 5

Those Shoes

Submitted by aheady on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 12:20pm.

I couldn't tear my eyes away from them. Her shoes I mean.

 Zoom  |

Good for her

Submitted by Savannah on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 11:12am.

Knowing that divorce was very uncommon in those days, my hat goes off to her for getting one in order to get away from an abusive husband. He sounded like a horrid man.

 Zoom  |

Well, that's just plain dental cruelty

Submitted by Don Struke on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 8:31am.

Nipped her on her shoulder, did he? Maybe he was just passing along a hello from Bela Lugosi. Here in Baltimore where the songbirds tied the knot, word in the crab cake houses was JT was spending too much time painting that damn car of his and fooling around with the Graduola device on his "fancy-schmancy" Aeolian-Vocalion phonograph.

 Zoom  |

Eeek

Submitted by Kait on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 4:22pm.

Gotta say those creepy dolls probably caused the divorce.

 Zoom  |

Naked Breakfast

Submitted by Dave on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 2:21pm.

New York Times, Feb. 5, 1923.

BARITONE'S WIFE OBTAINS DIVORCE

Mrs. John C. Thomas Charged
Husband's Cruelty Caused Her
To Lose 28 Pounds

        RENO, Nev., Feb. 4 -- Ruby Thomas, wife of John Charles Thomas, an American baritone, obtained a divorce in the District Court here late yesterday. Cruelty was charged in the complaint, Mrs. Thomas testifying that his treatment caused her to lose weight from 130 pounds to 102 pounds, at which figure she now tips the scales.

        Thomas was temperamental, Mrs. Thomas testified, and on one occasion he bit her until the blood ran from her shoulder, she said. On another occasion Thomas did not like the gown she wore at the breakfast table, and, in the presence of a male guest, is alleged to have torn the garment from her body, leaving her almost nude.

        The couple were married in Baltimore in 1913.

 Zoom  |
Syndicate content  Shorpy.com is a vintage photography site featuring thousands of high-definition images. The site is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, a teenage coal miner who lived 100 years ago. Contact us | Privacy policy | Accessibility Statement | Site © 2024 Shorpy Inc.