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Title
Douglas Fairbanks Jr., his wife Mary Lee, and Cobina Wright return to Los Angeles by train
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1948
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph edited for publication.
Photograph caption dated December 17, 1948 reads ""Columnist and Movie Star Return. Cobina Wright (right), Herald-Express society columnist, and Movie Star Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and his wife arrived back in Los Angeles today aboard the 'City of Los Angeles'. Despite the inclement welcoming weather, the columnist - who had been gathering column material in New York and Chicago - thought it was warm here. Fairbanks, back from six-nation tour of Europe, warned that 'it will take a minimum of five years for complete recovery in western Europe.'""
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print
Photographic prints
Identifier
00162018
Herald Examiner Collection
HE Box 922
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/141264
Subject
Fairbanks, Douglas,--Jr.,--1909-2000
Los Angeles Evening Herald Express (Firm)--Employees
Newspaper employees
Journalists
Women journalists
Motion picture actors and actresses
Actors
Actors' spouses
Couples
Husband and wife
Men
Women
Railroad stations
Railroad trains
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Time Period
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950

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