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[Broadway producer Earl Carroll judging Washington, D.C., women to play in the 1925 Vanities] – Historic Reproduction

[Broadway producer Earl Carroll judging Washington, D.C., women to play in the 1925 Vanities], 1925 Jan. 23. — historic photograph
[Broadway producer Earl Carroll judging Washington, D.C., women to play in the 1925 Vanities], 1925 Jan. 23.. Historic photograph from the Washington DC collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Broadway producer Earl Carroll judging Washington, D.C., women to play in the 1925 Vanities]

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Broadway producer Earl Carroll is pictured judging Washington, D.C., women hoping to appear in his 1925 *Vanities* revue. Carroll, who lived from 1893 to 1948, staged the *Vanities* as a glamorous rival to Florenz Ziegfeld's *Follies*, and its showgirls were a major draw on the New York stage. The picture comes from the National Photo Company, whose photographers documented Washington life in the mid-1920s, when beauty contests were a popular way to bring newspaper attention to theater productions. Taken in January 1925, it shows a New York showman looking for talent well outside Broadway.

Created / published1925 Jan. 23.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1920-1930.
SubjectsTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. In album: Washington, D.C., Jan. 1925 to Jan. 1926, v. 1, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). No. 34044. Caption card tracings: Beauty contests--1925; Theater--?; BI; Shelf. Carroll, Earl, 1893-1948.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,160 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-139092

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