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Exhibition Not an Ostrich: & Other Images from America's Library

Not an Ostrich: & Other Images from America's Library

JIM HANSEN. Writer Mickey Spillane and Actress Lisa Ferraday. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 1953

Jim Hansen. [Actress Lisa Ferraday lounging on the beach with Mickey Spillane, beauty contest judge, at the Sun Fun Festival, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina], [1953]. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (01.00.00)

JIM HANSEN. Writer Mickey Spillane and Actress Lisa Ferraday. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 1953

Mickey Spillane wrote bestselling detective novels. His early use of media to market himself and his novels was widely influential. Spillane’s popular detective Mike Hammer was portrayed on radio, television, films, and a daily newspaper comic strip. Spillane also became a media star. He was a spokesperson for Miller Lite beer in television ads for almost two decades.