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Title
Here's an actress who's really cleaning up
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Dean, Gordon
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
1962
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 article dated May 21, 1962 reads, "German-born Erika Peters may not be the only actress in Hollywood who takes in laundry but she's sure the only one who isn't ashamed to admit it. In fact, she's quite proud of it - and justly so. This five-foot bundle of sex appeal owns five (count 'em: five) of Los Angeles' plushest do-it-yourself Laundromats. So the phrase 'She's cleaning up' is doubly true for Miss Peters since she not only is extremely active in the lucrative movie and TV fields but is also considered one of the town's most astute young business women. Not content to be 'Queen of Hollywood Laundresses,' Erika's business interests include importing Volkswagens, hotel property in Phoenix and a ranch in Australia. Well, that's sho' business, honey-chile. Yazzuh, yazzuh."; See images #00129000 through #00129004 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;23 x 17 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00129002
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d034_f7_i24
CARL0005462421
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/60035
Subject
Peters, Erika
Self-service laundries--California--Los Angeles
Businesswomen--California--Los Angeles
Washing machines--California--Los Angeles
Laundry industry--California--Los Angeles
Laundries--California--Los Angeles
Laundry--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Actresses--United States
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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