Hurrell came to California when he was 21, planning to be a painter. He soon found that photography sold better. His original glamour girl was a plain, chunky woman with a generous, outsized personality: Florence “Pancho” Barnes, a Pasadena heiress and aviatrix (now, there’s a glamorous term) remembered today for her appearance in Tom Wolfe’s The Right Stuff. They met at a Christmas dinner at the home of painter William Griffith. (via Old Hollywood Glamour)
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