Sennett girls in serpentine confetti (LOC)

Just as these Sennett girls emerged from a sea of confetti, wonderful photographs emerged in the process of selecting images for the “Not an Ostrich” exhibition currently on display in Los Angeles, California. Read more about the photos included in the exhibit in our recent Picture This blog post “Not an Ostrich”—Exhibition of Library of Congress Photos.”

 

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Evans, Nelson Frazer, 1889-1922, photographer

 

Sennett girls in serpentine confetti

 

[1918]

 

1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; sheet 19 x 24 cm.

 

Summary: Photograph shows the Sennett Bathing Beauties draped with confetti.

 

Notes:

• J229468 U.S. Copyright Office.

• Title from item.

• No. 91-X.

• Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the Annenberg Space for Photography, 2018; Arts section.

 

Subjects:

• Sennett, Mack,--1880-1960--Friends & associates.

• Bathing beauties--1910-1920.

 

Format:

• Glamour photographs--1910-1920.

• Photographic prints--1910-1920.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.40864

 

Call Number: LOT 10139-1 [item]

 

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