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Title
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy at Ford Ord show
Creator
Williams, Hanson A., Jr., 1928-2009
Date Created and/or Issued
1950
Publication Information
Pepperdine University Libraries
Contributing Institution
Pepperdine University, Special Collections and University Archives
Collection
Korean War Photography of Hanson A. Williams, Jr
Rights Information
Copyright to photographs in this collection is retained by Pepperdine University. Images are intended for educational and research use, and may be used for non-commercial purposes with appropriate attribution. Organizations and individuals seeking to use images for publication should contact Pepperdine University Special Collections and University Archives.
Description
Comedian and ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and his dummy Charlie McCarthy perform a skit with a nurse. At the time, Bergen's "The Charlie McCarthy Show" was a popular Coca-Cola sponsored CBS radio program. Fort Ord, where Williams was sent for basic training in 1950-51, was a United States Army post in Monterey, California. Used for military training beginning in 1917, the post became a Fort in 1941 and remained so until 1994. During the Korean War, Fort Ord was home to the 6th Infantry Division.
Type
image
Format
Photograph
Identifier
805994d5-2f29-450f-be33-e5640a189e9f
https://pepperdine.quartexcollections.com/documents/detail/3371
https://images.quartexcollections.com/pepperdine/thumbnails/preview/805994d5-2f29-450f-be33-e5640a189e9f
0017-b02f03-0009
Subject
Military life
Military training
Entertainers
Entertainment
Ventriloquism
Puppets
Fort Ord (Calif.)
Korean War, 1950-1953
Bergen, Edgar, 1903-1978
Source
Hanson A. Williams, Jr. Collection of Photographs and Negatives 0017

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