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Title
"Merry Widow" costume modeled
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1962
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
"The Merry Widow" comes to life again as Mrs. Stuart Martin models a costume from the silent film version of the operetta on September 19, 1962. Looking on are Mrs. Dwight Hirsch and Hollywood designer Edith Head (center) who presented a fashion show at a tea held by the Women's Council for the Hollywood Museum Associates at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00055218
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 9134.
CARL0000057453
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/19854
Subject
Head, Edith
Hollywood Museum Associates
Beverly Wilshire Hotel (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
Fashion designers--United States
Fashion shows--California--Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills (Calif.)
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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