Esther Bubley
"Backstage in Quest To Be Miss America"- Atlantic City, New Jersey

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"Backstage in Quest To Be Miss America"- Atlantic City, New Jersey
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ArtistAmerican, 1921–1998
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Backstage in Quest To Be Miss America"- Atlantic City, New Jersey
Date1957
Place depictedAtlantic City, New Jersey, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 1/4 × 9 5/16 in. (15.9 × 23.7 cm)
 Sheet: 6 1/4 × 9 5/16 in. (15.9 × 23.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Diana and Gabriel Wisdom
Object number2014.805
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceDiana Wisdom and Gabriel Wisdom, Rancho Santa Fe, California; given to MFAH, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso right side in pencil reading vertically: 059-C1 / 26 Ja; left edge: 362 (a) C1, #26
not signed
two stamps-one in blue[upside down] printed over one in red-see photo in accession file

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