Neysa McMein
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Neysa Moran McMein was an American illustrator and portrait painter who studied at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago and Art Students League of New York. She began her career as an illustrato
McMein in 1923
Neysa McMein, Misinformation, May 8, 1915, Puck (magazine)
Neysa McMein, One of the thousand Y.M.C.A. girls in France, recruiting poster, 1918
Neysa McMein, Adams California Fruit Gum, advertisement, 1920, Motion Picture Classic magazine
Clara Bow
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Clara Gordon Bow was an American actress who rose to stardom during the silent film era of the 1920s and successfully made the transition to "talkies" in 1929. Her appearance as a plucky shopgirl in t
Neysa McMein
…Harrison Fisher, McMein constituted the jury for Motion Picture Classic magazine's "Fame and Fortune" contest of 1921/1922, which discovered the It girl Clara Bow. Other promotional activities including judging Coney Island beauty contests or opening movie houses. McMein designed silk textiles in the mid-1920s…
Bow in 1932
Bay Ridge High in a 1920 postcard
"Fame and Fortune" contest form
Bow undercover in Down to the Sea in Ships, 1922