Name/Title
Prototype advertising poster for Neptune Beach, c. 1930sEntry/Object ID
2016.56.2Description
ACC. NO. 16.56.2
SUBJECT CATEGORY: BEACHES, NEPTUNE
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1930's
OBJECT: ADVERTISEMENT
DESCRIPTION: AN ARTIST'S PROTOTYPE, IN ITS PRELIMINARY STAGES, FOR AN ADVERTISING POSTER. THE PARTIALLY HAND PAINTED TEMPERA CAN BE SEEN WITH THE ARTIST'S LETTERING IN PENCIL, BUT HAS NOT BEEN ACCENTUATED. THE CENTER MOTIF SHOWS A WOMAN DIVING, SHE WAS WEARING A ONE-PIECE BATHING SUIT.
SIZE: L 13" X W 34"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: A PROPOSED AD FOR NEPTUNE BEACH, ALAMEDA. WE DO NOT KNOW WHETHER THE PIECE WAS EVER COMPLETED.
DONOR: CHUCK MILLAR
CATALOGED: JULY 23, 2016