Like a gigantic, costly movie set, these signboards get a realistic touch from flood waters in which they are partly submerged

Like a gigantic, costly movie set, these signboards get a realistic touch from flood waters in which they are partly submerged

Photograph

Acme Newspictures

Maker
American

Like a gigantic, costly movie set, these signboards get a realistic touch from flood waters in which they are partly submerged

ca. 1947
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 7/8 × 8 11/16 in. (17.4 × 22.1 cm)
Paper: 7 1/16 × 9 3/16 in. (17.9 × 23.3 cm)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0082.0438
Inscriptions Printed in image on recto, BC: KC210 - 6/15 - CHILLICOTHE, MO. - Like a gigantic, costly movie set, these \ signboards get a realistic touch from flood waters in which they are \ partly submerged. Signboard "swimmer" appears to be getting an actual \ dunking & soft drink bottle is amply chilled. Acme Telephoto.
Inscribed in pencil on verso, LC: 740 \ pm
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