[Ronald Reagan with Jane Wyman holding bowling ball on bowling alley; scene from Brother Rat] – Historic Reproduction
![[Ronald Reagan with Jane Wyman holding bowling ball on bowling alley; scene from Brother Rat], 1943 March. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/56/566323af5935-L.webp)
(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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic print of [Ronald Reagan with Jane Wyman holding bowling ball on bowling alley; scene from Brother Rat]. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
[Ronald Reagan with Jane Wyman holding bowling ball on bowling alley; scene from Brother Rat]
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
This print shows Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman posed with a bowling ball in a bowling alley, a scene from *Brother Rat*, the military-academy comedy Warner Bros. released in 1938. The two actors had met on that film and married in 1940, so by the time this image ran in *Modern Screen* in March 1943, their romance was well known to movie fans. Fan magazines of the period often reused studio stills like this one to keep stars in the public eye, and the picture offers a glimpse of how Hollywood packaged its young couples for wartime readers. The record's date and caption details are unverified, so the 1943 publication date should be read with that in mind.
| Created / published | 1943 March. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print: halftone. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Modern Screen, March 1943, p. 30. Ref. copy may be in Pres. File - Reagan. This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,062 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-152320 |
More from the Historic Print Archive collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
![[Allegorical scene showing female figure on pedestal, holding staff with liberty cap and shield]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/29/297f28ef86d0-400.webp)
![[Scene from Top Hat"; Fred Astaire dancing with large group of men]"](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c2/c2521e7334a0-400.webp)
![The Tale of a Wedded Life, in Ten Scenes, by Cassius M. Collidge [couple in domestic scenes]: Scene VI - Evenings down Town [man at bar]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c7/c7dc545a92f8-400.webp)