Scene of the Ball

Scene of the Ball

Photograph

Burt Glinn

Maker
American, 1925–2008

Scene of the Ball

What to Wear to the White House?


1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 9/16 × 6 3/4 in. (24.3 × 17.2 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0199
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (White House) 3/62 14) SCENE OF THE BALL, the White House will put \ its best foot forward in honor of the Members of Congress \ and their spouses on April 5. This is a glimpse of the \ North portico on a previous formal state occasion. \ Credit: Bruce Glinn © 1962 MAGNUM PHOTOS
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