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| Title | Two women painting the toenails of elephant "Mona, " Seattle, 1941 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1941 |
| Caption | New for the spring of 1941, Revlon's Pink Lemonade and Red Punch make-up colors were billed as "the greatest color show on earth." In this photo, Mona the elephant's toenails are painted with Revlon's Pink Lemonade by two women representing the company.
Miss Mona, the tight rope walking elephant, was a member of the Polack Brothers Circus, which performed at the Palomar Theater (currently known as the Pantages Theater) in June of 1941. |
| Notes | Written on cloth draped over elephant: Mona recommends Revlon's Pink Lemonade for your…
Written on sleeve: Elephants, Mona
Handwritten on image: Dagmar, Korete
Caption information source: http://pages.adsbydee.com/11382/PictPage/3923186186.html; The Seattle Daily Times, August 26, 1941; p. 13
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): June 21, 1941 |
| Subjects | Elephants—Washington (State)—Seattle; Publicity photographs |
| Places | United States—Washington (State)—Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.2447.1 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI). |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 nitrate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from film positive as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4. |
