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Title
Myrna Loy holding African wood carvings
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1938
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Photograph caption dated July 30, 1938, reads "Dr. Morton C. Kahn, who has made several expeditions into the bush Negroes of Dutch Guiana for the Cornell University Medical College and the American Museum of Natural History recently was called to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios to expertise the bush Negro material for 'Too Hot to Handle' co-starring Clark Gable and Myrna Loy. He is seen here explaining some of the intricate bush Negro wood carvings to Miss Loy."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00106672
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 1160
CARL0005327969
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/31666
Subject
Loy, Myrna,--1905-1993
Kahn, Morton C.--(Morton Charles),--1896-1959
Actresses--United States
Bacteriologists--United States
Wood carvings
Men--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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