alimony

I think it is not a painting but a photography with ink (sepia) enhancings…

We looked at this photo with a magnifying glass, we're almost sure it's a photo of a painting. His hair, the area under his nose, and his shirt look like a painting and not like a photograph of a real person. If you click on the “All Sizes” icon above the image, you may be able to see what we're referring to. Thanks for your interest!!

Well I looked at this image at its biggest size but I'm still thinking it's not a painting, just a photography with ink and pencil (on the shirt) on it… anyway your posts are really great!

After staring at it forever, I agree with Alain. The only evidence of painting is on the badly done parts, which makes it seem odd that they could get some shading so perfect, and then glob on a bunch around his nose. /two years too late

Helen May Valk Borden sued her millionaire husband Gail Borden for divorce in 1911, in Los Angeles; his money came from a condensed-milk fortune. The divorce was finally granted in 1914. news.google.com/newspapers?id=F5YxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3SAEA... query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50611F63B5517738... Big drama. At some point in the difficult divorce process, Helen placed her daughter Ramona in a New Jersey sanitarium/boarding school, to hide her from Gail; then Gail's people kidnapped Ramona from the sanitarium, or maybe she ran away; either way, she turned up in Boston a few days later: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40713FB3C5B13738... query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60F12F83C5B13738... Alexine Ramona Borden (b. 1896) married in 1916, to Cole Parker, at her maternal grandparents' home: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F50915FE345B17... Gail Borden remarried in January 1916, to Margaret B. Coutaint of Pittsburgh. So this is maybe Margaret rather than Helen.

Claudia Carlstedt Wheeler was an actress in comic operas, known as "the girl in the red tights":
www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=34551

She was married to Albert Gallatin Wheeler Jr.. In 1914, he sued her for divorce, and she was awarded alimony, but the divorce wasn't final before he ran off to Chicago. In 1922 she captured her estranged husband after a six-year chase, because he owed he about $20,000.

Thanks pennylrichardsca for the information. We'll add her full name to the record. We have another photo of her in costume already posted.

Ha! That other photo was already in my favorites, but I still didn't make the connection.

Mrs. Blanche A. W. Heye was involved in a newsy Long Island divorce case in summer 1913. Her ex-husband was George G. Heye, a banker in Manhattan. Her request for $78,000/year alimony was considered scandalously extravagant, and the judge who heard the petition took the opportunity to scold her on that point. trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/7248848

George Gustav Heye, a German immigrant, made a fortune in petroleum. His collection of Native American artifacts was the largest in the world. The Heye Foundation collection became the Museum of the American Indian, which is now a branch of the Smithsonial Institution. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gustav_Heye