Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Copy of actress Lucille Ball's affidavit of registration dated March 19, 1936, which reads, "I intend to affiliate at the ensuing primary election with the Communist Party." Photograph dated September 12, 1953.; Photograph caption dated May 3, 1989 reads, "A 1936 voter registration form shows Lucille Ball listed her political party as communist, which she says she did to please her grandfather."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Ball, Lucille,--1911-1989 Communist Party of America Communism--United States Communists--United States Voter registration--California--Los Angeles County Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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