Illustrator's Ball Costume

Photograph

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20th-Century American Backgammon

Name/Title

Illustrator's Ball Costume

Entry/Object ID

BG-2024.0392

Description

Jean Parson poses in her backgammon costume for the March 28th 1931 Illustrators' Ball at the Plaza Hotel in New York. Backgammon-themed fashions only marginally less fanciful were marketed in ads of the day.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Press Photo

Made/Created

Artist Information

Attribution

International News Photos Inc.

Date made

Mar 28, 1931

Time Period

Modern Backgammon

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Sequence

Other Number

1931_03_28