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Title
Peggy Hamilton modeling an Earl Luck velvet coat and blue sequin dinner gown, 1931
Contributor
Fryer, Elmer, 1898-1944
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Adams (Peggy H.) papers
Rights Information
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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Peggy Hamilton modeling a creation by Earl Luck of Warner Bros. with a close-fitting coat of black velvet with collar fashioned of silver fox skin. The dinner gown of blue sequins has a tiny cap to match.
Earl Luck, designer at Warner Bros., was nominated for an academy award for his costumes for the movie Cavalcade (1933).
A different photograph of Peggy Hamilton wearing this outfit appears in her Los Angeles Times feature "Fashions," December 27, 1931.
Handwritten on edge of negative: A 88
Text from negative sleeve: RKO 153. PH B2-4.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1373_0213
ark:/21198/zz002bzkd6
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Coats (garments)
Sequins (spangles)
Velvet (fabric weave)
Evening dresses (garments)
Hats
Fur
Adams, Peggy Hamilton, 1890-1984
Source
Adams (Peggy Hamilton) Papers

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