[Dave Apollon]
Photograph
Ray Jones
American, 1900–1975
[Dave Apollon]
Merry-Go-Round of 1938
1937
gelatin silver print
Overall: 13 5/8 × 10 13/16 in. (34.6 × 27.5 cm)
Museum accession
1988.1103.0001
Inscriptions Handwritten in black marker on recto, BLC: 24
Handwritten in pencil on verso, TRC: #17
Stamped in violet ink on verso: PLEASE CREDIT \ PHOTO BY RAY JONES \ UNIVERSAL PICTURES
Stamped in black ink on verso: DEC 27 1937
Stamped in violet ink on verso, C: DAVE APOLLON [circled in blue pencil] \ featured in \ UNIVERSAL PICTURES
Printed in black ink on attached label on verso: DAVE APOLLON [circled in blue pencil]. Besides having the four horsemen \ of hilarity, enchanting singing and dancing, \ Universal's "Merry-Go-Round of 1938" includes \ the season's outstanding orchestra with Dave \ Apollon at its head to put over the numbers.
Handwritten in pencil on verso, TRC: #17
Stamped in violet ink on verso: PLEASE CREDIT \ PHOTO BY RAY JONES \ UNIVERSAL PICTURES
Stamped in black ink on verso: DEC 27 1937
Stamped in violet ink on verso, C: DAVE APOLLON [circled in blue pencil] \ featured in \ UNIVERSAL PICTURES
Printed in black ink on attached label on verso: DAVE APOLLON [circled in blue pencil]. Besides having the four horsemen \ of hilarity, enchanting singing and dancing, \ Universal's "Merry-Go-Round of 1938" includes \ the season's outstanding orchestra with Dave \ Apollon at its head to put over the numbers.
