Title supplied by cataloger. Mary Lou Van Ness was a secretary to a Paramount executive. When he got fired, she decided to become an indispensable secretary to the Hollywood celebrities on the lot. Mary Lou Van Ness, secretary to Hollywood stars, stands next to the upper half of a suit of armor, holding the headpiece. A caricature portrait drawing of Bing Crosby is atop the armor. Photograph dated October 18, 1947.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Van Ness, Mary Lou Crosby, Bing,--1903-1977--Portraits Caricatures and cartoons--California--Los Angeles Armor--California--Los Angeles Secretaries--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Portrait photographs Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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