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Technician Bob King dusting off one of the figures in a life-sized reproduction of Leonardo Da Vinci's "The Lord's Last Supper" at Playland at the Beach

Printed on back: "TIDIES 'LAST SUPPER' FIGURES--Technician Bob King dusts off the figure of Simon at the Life-sized display of the 'The Lord's Last Supper' at San Francisco beach. At left is Matthew, and center, Jude. These seemingly-real figures are the creation of John Michael Schlisser, a Serbian by birth, now at 84, residing in Los Angeles. They are not wax, as might be supposed. Schlisser found a plastic composition which he felt would best simulate flesh tones and texture and spent years of patient work with chisel, knife and brush to shape the figures.".

San Francisco Public Library

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IMAGE DATEJanuary 24, 1950
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