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Blackpool beauty contest

Photograph
Artist/Maker
Picture Post (publishers)
Hardy, Bert (photographers)

Black and white photograph of a woman adjusting her shoe on a chair

Object details

Category
Photographs
Object type
Photograph
TitleBlackpool beauty contest (published title)
Materials and techniques
Gelatin silver print
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by Bert Hardy of entrants of the Blackpool beauty contest, a woman adjusting her shoe
Physical description
Black and white photograph of a woman adjusting her shoe on a chair
Dimensions
  • Height: 29cm
  • Width: 20.6cm
Credit line
Given by Jonathan Hardy, Rachel Whirledge and Anna Fry
Place depicted
Blackpool
Other number
02.33.018 - Bert Hardy Estate number
Collection
Department of Photography

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Record createdFebruary 27, 2025
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1797955/blackpool-beauty-contest-photograph-hardy-bert/
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