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Category: Women’s History

Lucille Ball with an unidentified photographer holding camera.

Look Loves Lucy

Posted by: Kate Phillips

On the birthday of comedian Lucille Ball, we are highlighting a story by Look Magazine staff photographer Charlotte Brooks documenting Ball’s return to her hometown at the height of I Love Lucy’s popularity. The post will draw from the Look Magazine Photograph Collection, as well as papers from the Charlotte Brooks Archive.