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Title
Funeral home viewing
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1935
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
People from many walks of life, from children to the aged, rich and poor, came to the Pierce Brothers Mortuary to view the body of the Thelma Todd which was on view from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Dec. 19, 1935. Thelma's body was placed in an open gold casket lined with orchid satin, her hair arranged in big blond curls the way she liked it.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00012996
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 2177-B-1-Thelma Todd.
CARL0000017424
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/8164
Subject
Todd, Thelma,--1905-1935
Murder--California--Pacific Palisades (Los Angeles)
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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