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Title: Edith Head wins Oscar
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1950
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: Overwhelmed with happiness, Edith Head (left) accepts the Oscar from Peggy Dow for "best achievement in costume design in black and white film" on March 24, 1950. She designed costumes in "The Heiress." In the background are Paul Douglas and Jimmy Stewart. At right is actress Ruth Roman, who also presented awards.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00055231
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 9134.
CARL0000057498
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/19886
Subject: Head, Edith
Douglas, Paul
Stewart, James,--1908-1997
Roman, Ruth,--1922-1999
Dow, Peggy,--1928-
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States
Fashion designers--California--Los Angeles
Awards--California--Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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