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Original vintage 10 by 13.5 inch (board is 14.5 by 18) gelatin silver photograph taken by San Francisco photographer Edward Carroll, who has signed the photo in the lower left corner. Carroll’s archive is held in part by the Bancroft Library and the University of California. Not signed or stamped. This portrait is of Hollywood Star Kirk Douglas. Circa 1962 in LA based on a notation on the back. See other auctions for 2 more portraits of Douglas by Carroll.

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Original vintage and huge 16 by 19.5 inch (board is 19 by 24 inch) gelatin silver photograph taken by San Francisco photographer Edward Carroll, whose archive is held in part by the Bancroft Library and the University of California. Not signed or stamped. This portrait is of Hedda Hopper, the gossip columnist (1885 – 1966). This spectacular photograph likely dates from the early 1960s.

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Original vintage and huge 16 by 19.5 inch (board is 19 by 24 inch) gelatin silver photograph taken by San Francisco photographer Edward Carroll, whose archive is held in part by the Bancroft Library and the University of California. Not signed or stamped. This portrait is of Kenneth Everette Betelle (1927 – 2013), aka Mr. Kenneth the first celebrity hairdresser in New York City. He styled Jaqueline Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn and many others. After working for Helena Rubenstein and Lilly Dache, he formed his own studio, Kenneth, in 1963 on East 54th Street. This photograph likely dates from the early 1960s.

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