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Accession Number:1997-278
Accession Date:
Condition:fair
Location:Archives, photo coll., events, box 1, folder 27
Keywords:Twiss, KWTO, Bette Davis, War Bonds, WWII, Ozark Oscar
Area of Origin:Springfield, MO
Period: ca 1944
Category:Documentary artifact
Object:print, photographic
Maker:uk
Description/History:A nude figurine possibly in the likeness of Bette Davis. The writing on the back of the photo indicates it was made and carved by a Mr. Twiss of Arkansas and given to Bette Davis as än "Özark Oscar" by radio station KWTO upon the occasion of Miss Davis' visit to Springfield for a bond drive during WWII.Black and white, 8x10
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