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Title
Peggy Hamilton modeling a Travis Banton gown with a full skirt of white tulle accented with gardenias, 1933
Contributor
Adams, Peggy Hamilton, -- 1890-1984 (subject)
University of California, Los Angeles. -- Library. -- Dept. of Special Collections (repository)
Richee, Eugene, -- 1896-1972 (photographer)
Banton, Travis, -- 1894-1958 (fashionDesigner)
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Adams (Peggy H.) papers
Rights Information
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Description
A different photograph of Peggy Hamilton wearing this gown appears in her Los Angeles Times feature "Fashions," April 16, 1933, pg. F4.
Text from negative sleeve: FPL-48
Travis Banton was the chief designer at Paramount Pictures. He is considered one of the most important Hollywood costume designers of the 1930s.
Eugene Richee was a studio photographer who worked for Paramount Pictures from 1925 to 1935 and later worked for MGM and Warner Brothers.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Peggy Hamilton modeling a gown with a white satin bodice with tulle cap sleeves and a skirt of white tulle accented with gardenias. Hamilton wore this gown as the Official Hostess for the Los Angeles 1932 Olympic festivities.
Handwritten on edge of negative: FPL-48
Type
Image
Format
8 x 10 inches
Identifier
adamspapers:21
uclamss_1373_0009
ark:/21198/zz002bzbc9
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Evening dresses (garments)
Tulle (meshed textile)
Satin
Relation
Peggy Hamilton Adams Papers. Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA

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