Beaux Arts Ball [held at the Canfield Casino - "Empire Period" theme - (center): Jean Salisbury '38 (holding flowers), chosen as the most beautiful Empire Lady; Coleman B. Cheney, head of Economics Department, as Napoleon; Alice Dilliston '41 (holding silver cup), winner for most authentic Empire costume]
gelatin silver print ; 20.3 x 25.4 cm. ; [printed later from original negative]
Local Note
See "Skidmore News," February 16, p.1 and February 24, 1938, pp.1 and 5 - image appears on p.5 - image also appears in 1938 Eromdiks, p.182 and "Skidmore Alumane Bulletin" v26, n3, Spring, 1938, p.20 - a cropped vintage print of this image is located in the Skidmore College Archives - Vertical Files - Campus Events - Photographs Beaux Arts Ball. 1938/39-1949.
Archive Location
George S. Bolster Photograph Collection ; Binder #4
