Unknown American
Untitled

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Untitled
DateJuly 11, 1960
Place depictedMilan, Italy
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall (Image/Sheet): 5 15/16 × 8 1/16 in. (15.1 × 20.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of George Zombakis in honor of Merrianne Timko and the Hellenic Professional Society of Texas
Object number2003.118
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceGeorge Zombakis, Houston, Texas; given to MFAH, 2003.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
See accession file for caption on verso.
Stamped on verso:
"15 SEP' 1959"
"A-LIST USED / SUN-HERALD / 10 JUL 1960"
"11 JUL 1960", "S-H"

Printed back label:
"TODAY'S PICTURE BY WIRE FROM MILAN / ARISTOTLE AND MARIA AT LA SCALA / FAMED GREEK SHIPOWNER ARISTOTLE ONASSIS / (RIGHT) AND OPERATIC SOPRANO MARIA / MENEGHINI CALLAS ARE INTERVIEWED BY AND UNIDENTIFIED NEWSMAN AS THEY LEAVE LA / SCALA OPERA HOUSE IN MILAN, ITALY, IN / THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING. ONASSIS / HAS BEEN THE PRIMA DONNA'S CONSTANT ESCORT RECENTLY. / MIL/WWW.J.16788 / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM LONDON"

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