Beaux Arts Ball [held at the Canfield Casino - &quot;Mardi Gras&quot; theme - students in costume with the Barbary Coast orchestra from Dartmouth in the background - Eugenia Fischer '37 (center, holding trophy cup) won for most beautiful costume (Degas ballet dancer) and Anne van de Water '39 (center right, holding bouquet of flowers) won the prize for most authentic costume]

Settle, Henry B., 1881-1956 , attributed to

Image

Details

Title

Beaux Arts Ball [held at the Canfield Casino - "Mardi Gras" theme - students in costume with the Barbary Coast orchestra from Dartmouth in the background - Eugenia Fischer '37 (center, holding trophy cup) won for most beautiful costume (Degas ballet dancer) and Anne van de Water '39 (center right, holding bouquet of flowers) won the prize for most authentic costume]

Creator

Settle, Henry B., 1881-1956 , attributed to

Date

February 20, 1937

Subject(s)

Skidmore College -- History
Balls (Parties) -- New York (State) -- Saratoga Springs
Beaux Arts Ball

Physical Description

gelatin silver print ; 20.3 x 25.4 cm. ; [printed later from original negative]

Local Note

See "Skidmore News," February 25, 1937, pp.1 and 6 - A cropped version of the image appears in 1937 Eromdiks, p.193.

Archive Location

George S. Bolster Photograph Collection ; Binder #4