Clara Bow, The Original IT Girl

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Clara Bow, The Original IT Girl
Date1927
PlaceHollywood, California, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionsimage: 8 7/8 × 7 3/8 in. (22.5 × 18.7 cm)
sheet: 10 1/16 × 8 in. (25.6 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ellen and Richard Sandor
Object number2000.932
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed verso, lower right: "#R85 300"
Printed recto, lower right: "Clara Bow / original 'IT' girl of the [sic]"

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