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Description:: Peggy McDonald attends the funeral of actress Jean Harlow, who died of uremic poisoning at the age of 26. The funeral was held in the "Wee Kirk O' the Heather" chapel in the Forest Lawn Memorial cemetary in Glendale, California.Ms. McDonald befriended Harlow when they met on set, where McDonald worked as a hairdresser. She, along with three other women close to Harlow, dressed and styled the deceased actress for her funeral and subsequent burial.
Date:: June 9, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, September 10, 1932, Gen. Sherman’s Career Closes, Death Puts End to Labors of Pioneer Developer, Activities Important Factor in Rise of Los Angeles, Funeral Services Will Be Monday at 2 p.m.
Date:: September 12, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: A similar photograph appears in the Los Angeles Times, 8/23/1935, with the caption: "World Pays Solemn Homage to Will Rogers in Final Rites at Forest Lawn; Thousands, in silent reverence, filed past the bier where Will Rogers lay beneath a flag of flowers to pay him final honor."
Date:: August 22, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A column of mourners lined up behind a rope guideline to pay tribute to Will Rogers at the entrance to Forest Lawn with the duck pond, heron fountain and Red Cross first aid tent in the background on the right.
Date:: August 22, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph is related to the article, “Mulholland Laid to Rest,” Los Angeles Times, 26 Jul 1935: A1.
Date:: July 25, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Grave of Moses H. Sherman, with coffin on raised platform, memorial sculpture of a woman with each arm around a praying child, curtain, wreaths in foreground
Date:: September 12, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: A column of mourners lined up to pay their respects to Will Rogers at the ornate iron front gate of Forest Lawn (at 1712 S. Glendale Ave.).
Date:: August 22, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Funeral of Will Rogers at Forest Lawn with an honor guard of 8 enlisted men from the Seventeenth Attack Group, of General Headquarters, First Wing, March Field, attending the casket, which is draped with a floral American flag. The guard was changed every half hour. A column of mourners behind a rope barrier passes the casket.
Date:: August 22, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: This photograph is related to the article, “Mulholland Laid to Rest,” Los Angeles Times, 26 Jul 1935: A1.
Date:: July 25, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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