Entrance to girlie-show on West 42nd Street

Entrance to girlie-show on West 42nd Street

Photograph

Andreas Feininger

Maker
American, b. France, 1906–1999

Entrance to girlie-show on West 42nd Street

1940
Gelatin silver print
Overall: 12 5/8 × 10 13/16 in. (32 × 27.4 cm)
Gift of the photographer
1978.0606.0498
Inscriptions Stamped in black on verso, TC: PHOTOGRAPH BY \ ANDREAS FEININGER
Inscribed in pencil on verso, C: 70 [circled, strikethrough]
Inscribed in red pencil on verso, TR: NYC.
Stamped in black on verso, C: FOTO: ANDREAS \ FEININGER
Inscribed in green pencil on verso, C: 131 [strikethrough]
Inscribed in pencil on verso, B: Entrance to Girlie-Show on West 42nd St. \ "Don't miss your favorite, tantalizing Vickie Wells, \ that sexaltional [sic] Red Head of the Follies!"
Andreas Feininger Ⓥ \ 1940
Stamped in black on verso, BC: PHOTOGRAPH BY \ ANDREAS FEININGER
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