Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 USC Libraries Special Collections University of Southern California specol@usc.edu
Description
1 image. $100,000.00 pearl gown at Bullock's downtown (Damon Runyon Memorial Fund), 19 May 1952. Louis H. Seagrave Philip Corrin Miss Michele (Model) Joseph Berry. Supplementary material reads: "Watched closely by armed guard Joseph Berry (2nd from left), the $100,000 Damon Runyon Memorial Fund pearl gown was shown today to Louis H. Seagrave (2nd from right), chairman of the board of directors of the California Institute for Cancer Research, by Philip Corrin, (right) general manager of Bullock's Downtown store, where the gown is on display this week. Modeling the 100,000 pearl masterpiece is Miss Michele (left). From: Burns W. Lee Associates, 635 South Kenmore, Los Angeles 5. Dunkirk 8-4131. 05-19. For immediate release".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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