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Title
Peggy Hamilton modeling a Max Rée hostess gown of apple-green satin and metallic gold fabric, 1929
Contributor
Estep, Junius Dunlavy, 1877-1953
Date Created and/or Issued
1929
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.
Max Rée (1889–1953) was a Danish costume designer who designed for films from 1926 to 1935 and was the supervising director for sets and costumes at RKO from 1929 through 1932. He won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for the film Cimarron.
This photograph appears in Peggy Hamilton’s Los Angeles Times feature "Fashions," January 13, 1929, pg. J3.
Peggy Hamilton modeling a hostess gown of apple-green satin, with a bodice of metallic gold fabric. The fitted gown has a train. The sheer bell sleeves are edged with grey fox, and the ornaments are of emerald crystal.
For a similar gown by Max Rée , see also: ark no. 21198/zz002bzz7x.
Handwritten on edge of negative: D 717
Text from negative sleeve: R 26. Peggy Hamilton. RKO Photo. Ernest H. Bachrach Photo. 1931 July. [This date is incorrect, since this photo appeared in the "Fashions" feature on 1/13/1929. The photo credit on the "Fashions" page is Junius Estep].
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1373_0380
ark:/21198/zz002bzs5g
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Trains (costume components)
Evening dresses (garments)
Satin
Adams, Peggy Hamilton, 1890-1984
Source
Adams (Peggy Hamilton) Papers

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