[Playland at the Beach owner George Whitney showing a life-sized reproduction of Leonardo Da Vinci's "The Lord's Last Supper" to Harold A. Meyer]

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Local identifier: AAC-0035
Title: [Playland at the Beach owner George Whitney showing a life-sized reproduction of Leonardo Da Vinci's "The Lord's Last Supper" to Harold A. Meyer]
Date: 1950 Jan. 24
Issuance: monographic
Associated Group: Associated Press
San Francisco Call Bulletin
San Francisco News-Call Bulletin
Collection: San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
Type of Resource: still image
Physical Description: 1 photographic print: b&w.
Form: graphic
Use and Reproduction: Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library. www.sfpl.org/permissions.
Note: Folder: S.F. Districts-Ocean Beach-Playland.
Printed on back: "'LAST SUPPER' REPRODUCED LIFE-SIZE--A life-sized reproduction of Leonardo Da Vinci's painted masterpiece, 'The Lord's Last Supper,' has just been presented to the public by George Whitney, owner of 'Playland' at the San Francisco beach, adjoining Golden Gate Park. Admission is free, and all donations from those viewing the display go to the San Francisco Boys' Club. Picture shows Whitney seated on the edge of the stage and showing the display to harold A. Meyer (right), executive director of the club. Display is housed in an elaborate small theater. As changing colored lights illuminate the exquisitely carved and richly garbed figures, a 20-minute recording tells the story of the scene. The figure of Christ is fourth from left. Judas is seated at left.".
"Associated Press Photo."
Negative #3004.
LCSH Subjects: San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Playland at the Beach (San Francisco, Calif.)
Ocean Beach (San Francisco, Calif.)
Subject Name: Playland at the Beach (San Francisco, Calif.)
Bibliographic Number: .b10149429
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12352/islandora:129943