A Nursery Rhyme Comes True
Photograph
A Nursery Rhyme Comes True
September 8, 1947
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 9/16 × 8 1/8 in. (16.6 × 20.7 cm)
Paper: 7 1/8 × 9 in. (18.1 × 22.9 cm)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0082.0432
Inscriptions Printed on applied label attached at verso: A NURSERY RHYME COMES TRUE \ JACKSON HEIGHTS, N.Y.: Having heard the \ nursery rhyme about a little girl named Mary \ and her little lamb going to school, Mary Anne \ Fannon (center), 8, of Jackson Heights, \ decided to make it come true. Mary and \ "Baa Baa" appear on the first day of school \ at the St. Joan of Arc Parochial School, \ September 8. The lamb looks like he wants to \ forget the whole deal. \ NY-1-2-3-4-5 CAN LON \ CREDIT (ACME) 9/8/47 (MK)
Stamped on verso, C: ACME NEWSPICTURES \ Division of NEA Service, Inc. \ 461 8th AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY \ Please Credit "Acme Photo" \ THIS PICTURE IS SOLD TO YOU FOR YOUR \ PUBLICATION ONLY AND MUST NOT BE LOANED \ SYNDICATED OR USED FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES \ WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM ACME. \ BY ACCEPTING THIS PICTURE YOU AGREE \ TO HOLD ACME HARMLESS FROM ANY LOSS OR \ DAMAGE ARISING BY REASON OF YOUR USE OR \ PUBLICATION OF THIS PICTURE.
Stamped on verso, C: ACME NEWSPICTURES \ Division of NEA Service, Inc. \ 461 8th AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY \ Please Credit "Acme Photo" \ THIS PICTURE IS SOLD TO YOU FOR YOUR \ PUBLICATION ONLY AND MUST NOT BE LOANED \ SYNDICATED OR USED FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES \ WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM ACME. \ BY ACCEPTING THIS PICTURE YOU AGREE \ TO HOLD ACME HARMLESS FROM ANY LOSS OR \ DAMAGE ARISING BY REASON OF YOUR USE OR \ PUBLICATION OF THIS PICTURE.
