[Lew Ayres]
Photograph
Ray Jones
American, 1900–1975
[Lew Ayres]
1936
gelatin silver print
Overall: 13 7/8 × 10 13/16 in. (35.2 × 27.5 cm)
Museum accession
1988.1306.0001
Inscriptions Handwritten in pencil on verso, TL: NY
Handwritten and circled in pencil on verso: 1
Stamped in red ink on verso, TC: PLEASE CREDIT \ RAY JONES \ COLUMBIA PORTRAIT ARTIST
Printed in black ink on detached label on verso, C: Lew Ayers [circled in blue pencil] - #1 - Latest portrait of Lew Ayers, who recently signed \ a long-term contract with Columbia Studios. He has just finished \ his first assignment under the new contract - "Panic on the Air" \ in which he and Florence Rice played the leading roles.
Handwritten in pencil on verso: Please credit Columbia Pictures
Stamped in black ink on verso: AUG 7 1936
Handwritten and circled in pencil on verso: 1
Stamped in red ink on verso, TC: PLEASE CREDIT \ RAY JONES \ COLUMBIA PORTRAIT ARTIST
Printed in black ink on detached label on verso, C: Lew Ayers [circled in blue pencil] - #1 - Latest portrait of Lew Ayers, who recently signed \ a long-term contract with Columbia Studios. He has just finished \ his first assignment under the new contract - "Panic on the Air" \ in which he and Florence Rice played the leading roles.
Handwritten in pencil on verso: Please credit Columbia Pictures
Stamped in black ink on verso: AUG 7 1936
