Soldier on Leave

Accession number X2011.4.10436

Unique identifier MN1130310

Description Photographs of Joe Totten, a soldier in the US Army who won a LOOK magazine contest and received money and a date with model Midge Edwards. Photographs depict Totten eating breakfast, shopping, and getting his hair cut, and Totten and Edwards on their date around Manhattan. Date of assignment May 29, 1945. Photographer is unknown--research could be done to determine. Negative frames: 11, Contact print frames: 62
Worksheet title is "WWII--Army--U.S.--Soldiers--Leave." Includes 11 cut-out captions from the story in the magazine.

Dated 1945

Object Type contact sheet, negative (photographic)

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

Medium acetate negative, contact print

File dimensions 14.4 in × 18.3 in at 300dpi
36.5 cm × 46.5 cm at 300dpi

Dating (Social custom)

Fashion models

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)