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Order Number	00106219
Title	Betty Grable, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby at the circus
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 2882
Date	1948
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Description	Photograph caption dated September 6, 1948 reads "Among the top performers at Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus premiere Saturday night were, left to right, Bing Crosby (yes that's him), as clown; Bob Hope, as a powder puff valet, and Betty Grable, in Christmas pageant." Hundreds of top film and radio personalities lent their help either performing or working behind the scenes at this circus event to raise money for a new 100-bed wing at the St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California. The circus took place on the Pan-Pacific grounds in the Fairfax district of Los Angeles, California. Other performers included such notables as Gregory Peck, Harpo Marx, Elizabeth Taylor, Lucille Ball and many other top artists.
Subject	Grable, Betty,--1916-1973. Hope, Bob,--1903-2003. Crosby, Bing,--1903-1977. Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows. Pan Pacific Auditorium (Los Angeles, Calif.). Auditoriums--California--Fairfax (Los Angeles). Benefit performances--California--Los Angeles. Motion picture actors and actresses--United States. Comedians--United States. Clowns--California--Los Angeles. Circus--California--Los Angeles. Circus performers--California--Los Angeles. Fairfax (Los Angeles, Calif.). Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs. Group portraits Portrait photographs
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection