"KARAKUL SNOW PRINCESS"

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CollectionRobert S. Harrah Photographs of Robert Boyd and the Palos Verdes PeninsulaAlternative TitleBob Boyd CollectionDateca July 1951DescriptionImage shows full-length front view of actress Peggy Lee wearing a white Karakul sheep coat with a black belt.NotesImage accompanied by press release reading, "American Karakul Breeders Society / Hollywood Press Telephone: HEmpstead [sic] 5658 / THE KARAKUL SNOW PRINCESS ...... valued at more than $15,000.00, is the only coat of its kind in the world. Fifteen years were needed to produce the forty pure-white Karakul (Persian Lamb) pelts used to fashion the full-skirted, Cossack type coat which was designed by Edith Head of Paramount Pictures. / S.W. Jones of Jerome, Idaho, breeder-member of the American Karakul Breeders Society, raised the pure strain Karakuls whose pelts were used in the manufacture of the coat. / Lovely Peggy Lee of radio, records and film fame is shown wearing the exotic, pure white, formal dress coat."Photo Size7.5 x 9.25 in.Photo Format1 photographic print (b/w)Resource Typestill imageHeld ByPalos Verdes Library District. Peninsula Center Library. Local History Center.Bar Code000042556Shelf LocationRobert S. Harrah Photos of Robert K. Boyd and the Palos Verdes Peninsula, Coll 011, folder 1Restrictions on AccessElectronically digitized by the Palos Verdes Library District from the Palos Verdes Library Local History Room Photo Collection. Copyright status must be investigated before publishing or commercial use. To obtain permission and images for publication purposes please contact the Palos Verdes Library District.

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SubjectWoolCoatsLee, Peggy, 1920-2002Time Period1951-1960

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