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Title
They love Lucy in a big way
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Sergieff, Mike
Date Created and/or Issued
1989
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 caption dated May 2, 1989 reads "Lucille Ball's widower, Gary Morton, right, accepts a block-long sympathy card presented to him by Peggy Robinson, a shoe store manager who put out blank cards over five days, and Hollywood Chamber of Commerce official Johnny Grant. 'This is beyond all expectations. I can't believe how beautiful the world has been to her,' Morton said." Peggy Robinson, Ness Shoe store manager and Lucy fan, and Johnny Grant give card to Gary Morton signed by Lucy fans.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00107294
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box Ball, Lucille
CARL0005329262
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/31820
Subject
Ball, Lucille,--1911-1989--Death and burial
Morton, Gary,--1924-1999
Grant, Johnny
Women--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Comedians--United States
Widowers--California--Los Angeles
Fans (Persons)--California--Los Angeles
Radio personalities--United States
Television personalities--United States
Municipal officials and employees, Honorary--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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