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Title
Nancy Reagan and Betsy Bloomingdale
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1979
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Nancy Davis Reagan (born Anne Frances Robbins in 1921) was married to Ronald Reagan from 1952 until his death in 2004. She was the First Lady of California from 1967 to 1975, and First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989. After Ronald Reagan's presidency ended, the couple retired to their home in Bel Air. In 1994 Ronald was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, and Nancy devoted most of her time caring for her ailing husband until his death on June 5, 2004. She continues to reside at their Bel Air home, and has remained active within the Reagan Library and in politics, particularly in support of stem-cell research.
Pictured are Nancy Reagan and Betsy Bloomingdale, both smiling ear to ear and elegantly dressed in black evening gowns. Photograph dated February 1979.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;20 x 24 cm. on sheet 21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00095436
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box Reagan, Nancy.
CARL0005053297
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/32933
Subject
Reagan, Nancy,--1921-2016
Bloomingdale, Betsy
Philanthropists--United States
Socialites--United States
Governors' spouses--California
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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