[Frances Orlando arrested after posing as a man being visited by his 'wife' Elizabeth Nunes]

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Local identifier: MOR-0424
Title: [Frances Orlando arrested after posing as a man being visited by his 'wife' Elizabeth Nunes]
Date: 1941 Oct. 8
Issuance: monographic
Associated Group: International News Photos (New York, N.Y.)
Collection: News-Call Bulletin Photo Morgue
San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
Collection Number: SFP 39
Location: San Francisco Public Library
Type of Resource: still image
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w. ; 16 x 21 cm. (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)
Form: graphic
Use and Reproduction: Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library. www.sfpl.org/permissions.
Note: Box P522 -- Folder: Orl-Orld.
Written on back: "BRIDEGROOM EXPOSED AS WOMAN--Los Angeles, Calif.: Revealed as a woman, Frances 'Richard' Orlando, 31, who had masqueraded as a man for 14 years, Police said, is shown above with her 'bride', Elizabeth Nunes, 18, of Sacramento. Miss Orlando, who had been working as a film studio carpenter, said she posed as a man because it was easier to find work. Ed note: See wire stories for details. LA Bureau (H) ABC 27 569. Watch your credit. Slug (Frances Orlando) 10/8/41."
Negative # 11437
Language (code): eng
Genre: graphic
LCSH Subjects: San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Bibliographic Number: .b10390704
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12352/islandora:153661