[Fred Astaire]
Photograph
[Fred Astaire]
ca. 1945
Gelatin silver print
Overall: 10 1/16 × 12 7/8 in. (25.6 × 32.7 cm)
Museum accession
Inscriptions Stamped in violet ink on verso: 7009
Printed in black ink on verso, C: TROPHY COLLECTOR. . Fred Astaire's two months entertainment \ tour of France, Belgium and Holland was the high spot of the \ star's career. . . . Astaire left Hollywood immediately following the \ completion of his star role in M-G-M's Technicolor musical \ "Ziegfeld Follies." . . .
Printed in black ink on verso, C: 1. Here is Astaire and a suitcase full of his trophies \ which include a German dagger, a piece of the American \ parachute silk used by our boys on D-Day, Nazis insignia, an iron Cross, a Nazi aluminum razor, and German bullets. \ 7009
Printed in black ink on verso, C: TROPHY COLLECTOR. . Fred Astaire's two months entertainment \ tour of France, Belgium and Holland was the high spot of the \ star's career. . . . Astaire left Hollywood immediately following the \ completion of his star role in M-G-M's Technicolor musical \ "Ziegfeld Follies." . . .
Printed in black ink on verso, C: 1. Here is Astaire and a suitcase full of his trophies \ which include a German dagger, a piece of the American \ parachute silk used by our boys on D-Day, Nazis insignia, an iron Cross, a Nazi aluminum razor, and German bullets. \ 7009
