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Title: Formal debut
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator: Siddon, Dave
Contributor: This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued: 1955
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated October 10, 1955 reads, "Just before Johanna Mega was presented at the annual Las Damas Debutante Ball in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel, her mother, Mrs. Nicholas Mega, helped her adjust her gown and Mantilla. The Megas reside in North Hollywood."
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00143864
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d052_f29_i8
CARL0005851687
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/73129
Subject: Beverly Hilton Hotel (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
Associations, institutions, etc.--California--Beverly Hills
Mothers and daughters--California--Beverly Hills
Clothing and dress--California--Beverly Hills
Evening gowns--California--Beverly Hills
Balls (Parties)--California--Beverly Hills
Debutante balls--California--Beverly Hills
Debutantes--California--Beverly Hills
Young women--California--Beverly Hills
Women--California--Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period: 1951-1960

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