Film still card showing woman and slot machine: Museum Object and Cultural History
Film still card showing woman and slot machine: date made: ca 1920s. date made: ca. 1920s. Object Name: photograph.
The object in the museum catalogue
Film still printed on a card showing a woman and a slot machine. The small card was probably a promotional piece or vending item like those which accompanied packs of gum and cigarattes or were distributed through machines at amusement areas. In the photograph, a woman in a dress with feathers in her hair is holding a fan and gazing above her right shoulder. A highly decorated slot machine with a dial showing playing cards is in the foreground. The number 384 is written in the lower right corner of the card.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: ca 1920s
- date made: ca. 1920s
- Object Name: photograph
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 2 in x 2 5/8 in; 5.08 cm x 6.6675 cm
- Subject: Motion Pictures
- Subject: Entertainment, Film
- Subject: Gambling
- ID Number: 1986.3048.2316
- nonaccession number: 1986.3048
- catalog number: 1986.3048.2316
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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