Picture No | 11093024 |
Date | 1917 |
Description | Elsie Janis working on the land, WWI |
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American actress, Elsie Janis posing for a picture looking very fetching in a land workers outfit during the First World War. Elsie Janis (March 16, 1889 – February 26, 1956) was an American singer, songwriter, actress, and screenwriter. Entertaining the troops during World War I immortalized her as "the sweetheart of the AEF" (American Expeditionary Force). The photograph bears a striking resemblance to picture number 10472401 - a drawing of a land girl on a postcard by amateur soldier artist George Ranstead. It seems likely that Ranstead saw and copied this photograph of Janis.
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Source | Unattributed photograph in The Sketch, 14 November 1917 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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