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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 00:54, 29 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Willard H. George

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... that Hollywood furrier Willard H. George designed for Lucille Ball, Greta Garbo and Rita Hayworth? Source: "The scrapbooks feature actresses from Hollywood, California wearing furs designed and created by furrier Willard H. George. Actresses of note include Lucille Ball, Rita Hayworth, and Greta Garbo" ([1])
- ALT1:... that Hollywood furrier Willard H. George was known as "the chinchilla industry's greatest friend"? Source: "The Willard H. George Co. Furriers store at 3330 Wilshire Boulevard (photographed here in 1931) was an art deco dream. He really took his furs seriously, especially Chinchilla. He was deemed “The Chinchilla Industry’s Greatest Friend” because he developed the first nationally used grading system for Chinchillas, which was formally adopted by the National Chinchilla Breeders Board in 1947" ([2])

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Created by Edwardx (talk) and Philafrenzy (talk). Nominated by Edwardx (talk) at 10:28, 26 June 2019 (UTC).[reply]

This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright or plagiarism issues. Either hook could be used. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:52, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A fact from Willard H. George appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 August 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Hollywood furrier Willard H. George was known as "the chinchilla industry's greatest friend"?

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