Bing Crosby and son Lindsay
Bert Parry
1949
Black and white vintage print
Image: 10 1/2 × 13 5/16 in. (26.6 × 33.8 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/2 × 13 5/16 in. (26.6 × 33.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2019.57.4987
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Verso: Upper right, in blue ink, "m" / Center, stamped in blue ink, "Photo by Bert Parry" / Lower left, stamped in blue ink, "Jul 7- 1949" / Lower center, typed in black ink on yellow label, "Modern Screen Photograph by Bert Parry Viola Moore Bing Crosby Photograph (possible illustration for Kolma Flake story) Caption. Bing and Lindsay, his youngest son, aged 12, pictured at the window of their pullman aboard the Santa Fe train which carried them to their Ranch to Elko, Nevada for the summer vacation. The other three Crosby kids were busy supplying themselves with pop and ice-cream for the long trek ahead. Picture was shot just as the train pulled out of the Union Station, Los Angeles."
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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