Beheaded for their daily toilet

In this photograph the man does not face the camera but visibly carries two wax heads - one man and one woman - back to their wax bodies after the cleaning process.

Publication date: 1933-10-29

Size: 13 x 15.3 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: black and white

Language:

• English

Geography:

• London (England)

Subject(s):

• Cleaning--England--London--1930-1940
• Madame Tussaud's--Exhibitions & displays--England--London--1930-1940
• Wax figures--1930-1490

Genre(s):

• Documentary photographs
• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (October 29, 1933), Graphic Section/Camera News Review, p. 2

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)