Image / Dorothy Drew having the Tower of the Sun, painted on her back

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Title: Dorothy Drew having the Tower of the Sun, painted on her back
Date Created and/or Issued: ca. 1938
Contributing Institution: California State University, Fresno
Collection: Worlds Fair Collection
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Description: 8-604-A
Description attached: She Saw the Fair and Took A Tower Home With Her, Too. Honey-haired Dorothy Drew, one of Sally Rand's Music Box lovelies, went to see a preview of the 1939 California World's Fair on Treasure Island. So intrigued was she with the Tower of the Sun and the Court of the Moon that she prevailed upon artist Leland Clifford to sketch the skyline on her back so she could take it with her - but alas, she apparently forgot she'd need two mirrors to get another look. The Tower of the Sun is in the background.
Type: image
Format: 25.0 cm. x 20.0 cm.
Identifier: EXP939f.687a
http://digitized.library.fresnostate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/worldsfair/id/10625
Subject: Golden Gate International Exposition
Place: San Francisco, California
Source: Donald G. Larson Collection on International Expositions and Fairs
Relation: World's Fair Collection

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