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Scott Lawson's Soda Can Dress
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A man is standing and posing wearing a dress and crown made from Coca-Cola and Diet Coke cans. Caption reads: "Scott Lawson models a dress he made from soda cans during a style show by art students at Cardinal Stritch College, 6801 N. Yates Rd. Students from three-dimensional design, weaving and jewelry classes exhibited artifacts made of cast-off or byproduct materials."
May 9, 1989
Howell, Lynn D.
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