Franklin Simons Fashion Display at Park Lane, New York City, 1937

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York
1937-04-04
safety film Defender
8 x 10 x 0 in.

8x10 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on April 4, 1937. Image of Franklin Simons Fashion Display at Park Lane, New York City. Visible in image: six women posed with a man in a tuxedo in the center, the girl on the far left wears a short skirt with a longer skirt open in front and a little jacket and espedrilles, to her right a woman wears a knee-length driess with cap sleeves and square neck with white pleated inlay and a straw hat with ribbon and white shoes, the woman to her right wears a floor-length dress with jacket that matches the fabric of the first woman's dress, a man in tuxedo is to her right, to his right is a woman in a sleeveless, v-neck floor length dress that matches the fabric of the second woman, to her right is a woman in a floral dress with velvet top with puff-sleeves and a velvet bow around the neck, to her right is a woman in Alpine dress with puff short sleeves and a square neck with white fabric filling square and flowers in her hair, the fabric matches the second and fourth women's dresses. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection , image acquired in honor of Franz Schneider. Typed on original negative sleeve: “52195 4/4/37 / 2434-11 / Sutton News Service-424 Mad Ave, City / Franklin Simons Fashion Display at / Park Lane“. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.52195

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, image acquired in honor of Franz Schneider