Meet Miss Subways
Author | : Amy Zimmer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-02-16 |
ISBN-13 | : 0983062234 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780983062233 |
Rating | : 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Download or read book Meet Miss Subways written by Amy Zimmer and published by . This book was released on 2013-02-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For thirty-five years, New York City subways and buses featured posters with the pretty face and brief biography of local career girls--winners in the Miss Subways contest. Who were these women? A fine art photographer and a journalist tracked down over 146 posters and met 41 Miss Subways in person, interviewing them about their lives since the contest and photographing them at home. The result is a lost archive of a New York City phenomenon and a celebration of the lives of regular women told in their own words and through personal memorabilia"--Jacket