Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Farrah Fawcett's bathing suit donated to museum
The red swimsuit and an original copy of the swimsuit poster, that immortalized the bathing suit, belonging to the late actress Farah Fawcett were enshrined in the Smithsonian Institution''s National Museum of American History.
Items from actress Farrah Fawcett's career will be enshrined in national history with a donation to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, including that red bathing suit.
The 1976 iconic image of Fawcett curled up in a red bathing suit and a wide smile sold over 12 million posters and became a recognizable sign of the decade.
The bathing suit forms the centerpiece of the donation, according to the Smithsonian's website.
An original copy of the poster, a leather-bound book of Fawcett's personal copies of scripts for the first season of the television series "Charlie's Angels," magazines with her on the cover and other Fawcett paraphernalia will also be donated in a ceremony attended by actor Ryan O'Neal, with whom she had a long romantic relationship, and Nels Van Patten, friend and
observer of the 1976 poster photo shoot.
The items will be a part of the popular culture history collections.
The 1976 iconic image of Fawcett curled up in a red bathing suit and a wide smile sold over 12 million posters and became a recognizable sign of the decade.
The bathing suit forms the centerpiece of the donation, according to the Smithsonian's website.
An original copy of the poster, a leather-bound book of Fawcett's personal copies of scripts for the first season of the television series "Charlie's Angels," magazines with her on the cover and other Fawcett paraphernalia will also be donated in a ceremony attended by actor Ryan O'Neal, with whom she had a long romantic relationship, and Nels Van Patten, friend and
observer of the 1976 poster photo shoot.
The items will be a part of the popular culture history collections.
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