BETTIE PAGE P-S44 silver gelatin photo in mat 8x10

Bettie Page, in heels, stockings, and novelty lingerie, posing with a clown doll/ventriloquist dummy, photographed by Irving Klaw.

Silver gelatin image, mounted to backing board, is marked P-S44 by Klaw on the negative in the lower right (partly obscured by mat). Overall dimensions are 8x10" and mat inner opening is 4x5." Mat is not attached to backing board.

Created from negative by Totonka, who states the following:

"This is an original 4x5" snapshot from the negative printed while Movie Star News was operating as a mail order business. Founder of Movie Star News and one of the first fetish photographers in American history, Irving Klaw, was considered the Pin-Up King and spawned the career of Baby Lake, Tempest Storm, Blaze Star, and his most famous, Bettie Page."