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Peggy McDonald, Hollywood hairstylist, attends the funeral of close friend Jean Harlow. June 9, 1937

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Title: Peggy McDonald, Hollywood hairstylist, attends the funeral of close friend Jean Harlow. June 9, 1937
Date Created and/or Issued: June 9, 1937
1937-07-09
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Peggy McDonald attends the funeral of actress Jean Harlow, who died of uremic poisoning at the age of 26. The funeral was held in the "Wee Kirk O' the Heather" chapel in the Forest Lawn Memorial cemetary in Glendale, California.Ms. McDonald befriended Harlow when they met on set, where McDonald worked as a hairdresser. She, along with three other women close to Harlow, dressed and styled the deceased actress for her funeral and subsequent burial.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Wee Kirk O' The Heather; McDonald, Jeanette; McDonald, PeggyAdditional note: Harlow funeral
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz00288r14
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Funeral rites & ceremonies--California--Glendale
McDonald, Peggy
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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