Tina Leser costume designs for Park Avenue, 1946.

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Tina Leser costume designs for Park Avenue, 1946.

9 costume plots and 41 original color costume designs on tracing paper and mounted on illustration board, created by Tina Leser for the Broadway production of Park Avenue, which opened at the Shubert Theatre Nov. 1946, produced by Max Gordon.

2 boxes (50 drawings) : col. ; 58 x 42 cm. or smaller.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8129852

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Schwartz, Arthur, 1900-1984

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Leser, Tina.

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Gordon, Max, 1892-1978

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