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Cartoonists' Ball

Creator Look magazine, Michael A. Vaccaro

Accession number X2011.4.11783

Unique identifier MN1131401

Description Photographs of a supper ball hosted by the National Cartoonists Society and held in the Grand Ballroom at the Plaza Hotel. Guests are in formal wear and costumes, including several men in drag. Depicts guests socializing and drinking, a ballet performance, and an artist drawing portraits of the ball's attendees. Date of assignment April 10-12, 1951. Contact prints are duplicates of negatives, but there are many unique negatives. Negative frames: 134, Contact print frames: 72
Includes a program for the event signed by Vaccaro.

Dated 1951

Object Type contact sheet, negative (photographic)

Physical dimensions Object Dimensions 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in: Object Dimensions 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in: Object Dimensions 1 x 1 1/2 in: Object Dimensions 1 1/2 x 9 in

Medium acetate negative, contact print

File dimensions 17.3 in × 18.3 in at 300dpi
43.9 cm × 46.5 cm at 300dpi

Plaza Hotel (New York, N.Y.)

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