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Title
Artist, Edward Eggelston painting model, Edith Backus
Subject
Advertising
Recreation
women
Great Lakes Exposition
Description
Artist Edward Eggleston paints a publicity portrait of New York model,nineteen year old Edith Backus, to advertise the 1937 season of the Great Lakes Exposition. According to the verso "Backus''smiling face' will greet visitors on millions of posters and booklets, long before the show opens in May of 1937."
Creator
unknown
Source
Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Division of Special Collections. Cleveland Press Photo Collection. Folder: Great Lakes Exposition.
Date
circa 1936
Contributor
Judy MacKeigan
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Coverage
Lakefront (Cleveland, Ohio)
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