Bathing Beauty Contest at Hawaiian Room of Hotel Lexington, New York, 1937

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York
1937-12-10
8 x 10 x 0 in.

8x10 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on December 10, 1937. Image of Bathing Beauty Contest at Hawaiian Room of Hotel Lexington, New York. Visible in image: 11 women in bathing suits and sun hats stand in a half circle on stairs underneath palm trees and macramé lamps while a man films them and shines lights on them, woven arm chairs arranged to the side. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection , image acquired in honor of Franz Schneider. Typed on original negative sleeve: “52942 12/10/37 / 2465-14 / Hotel Lex-48th St & Lex Ave, City / Mr. Sutton / Bathing Beauty contest at Hawaiian / Room of Hotel Lexingtoj”.

1984.187.52942

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