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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated February 3, 1962 reads, "The three figures at the top - no, let's see - the three figures at the BOTTOM are examples of the incredibly realistic wax figures that will people the now-being constructed Movieland and Wax Museum in Buena Park [sic]. At bottom are Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery and Marie Dressler. Standing are sculptress Katherine Stubergh, museum art director James Buckley and the museum's founder-president, Allen Parkinson."
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Harlow, Jean,--1911-1937 Beery, Wallace Dressler, Marie,--1869-1934 Movieland Wax Museum (Buena Park, Calif.) Movieland Wax Museum (Buena Park, Calif.)--Employees Museum directors--California--Buena Park Wax figures--California--Buena Park Waxworks--California--Buena Park Museums--California--Buena Park Sculptors--United States Women--California--Buena Park Men--California--Buena Park Buena Park (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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