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Title
Wifely comfort
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Ballew, Howard
Date Created and/or Issued
1949
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Photograph caption dated September 23, 1949 reads, "Bandleader Desi Arnaz suffered a 1 1/2 inch scalp wound when a waiter dropped a tray of turkey dishes on him at a Sunset Strip night club last night. But he was 'doing nicely today, thank you.' With such comfort as provided by his wife, luscious Lucille Ball, he couldn't help recovering." The accident occurred at the Chanteclair Restaurant.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00106640
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 5029
CARL0005305506
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/31561
Subject
Ball, Lucille,--1911-1989
Arnaz, Desi,--1917-1986
Entertainers--United States
Actors--United States
Heads--Wounds and injuries--California--Los Angeles
Actresses--United States
Couples--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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