Great post on the SFMOMA blog about the 15-year-old subject in
Robert Frank's 1955 Elevator—Miami Beach photograph. Kerouac closed his intro to Frank's book,
The Americans, with a remark on this picture:
"And I say: That little ole lonely elevator girl looking up sighing in an elevator full of blurred demons, what's her name & address?"
It's Sharon C., Pac Heights, SF, but no one knew till she saw the picture in the paper this year and rang the museum. You can see a reconstruction of the shot in 2
Published on August 26, 2009 05:49