Item Information
Title: Beauty contest on Long Island
Date: ca. 1925
Physical Details: 1 photographic print : sepia ; 25 x 20 cm.
Description: Identification on verso (handwritten): You'll never find me in this mob - but I was the only "judge" in this beauty contest in Long Island, New York, it was my "first" (in the 1920's).
Photograph shows a large group of men and women in swimsuits, watching a line of women as they follow one another up the steps of a raised platform where a group of men in suits and hats are standing.
Creator: Unidentified
Forms part of: Alberto Vargas papers, 1914-1985
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: Beauty contest on Long Island, ca. 1925. Alberto Vargas papers, 1914-1985. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Digital ID: 12255