Manuscripts
Unidentified photographs
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Photographs
Manuscripts
Primarily studio portraits of actors and actresses, dancers, singers, musicians, composers, conductors, and other individuals associated with the performing arts. Many photographs are signed with inscriptions to L. E. Behymer. Miscellaneous and unidentified images are located at the end of each size range. All boxes contain photographs except Box 36, which holds an empty ornate photograph album.
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Unidentified photographs and miscellaneous
Manuscripts
Scenes from plays; theaters and auditoriums; and over 50 photographs of the Pacific Southwest Exposition, Long Beach, California, 1928. Several images show individuals dressed in costume representing varying nationalities.
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Musician publicity photographs
Manuscripts
Includes photographs of: Marian Anderson, Eleanor Steber, Amelita Galli-Curci, Jussi Bjoerling, Helen Jepson, Blanche Thebom, and other musicians.
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Petts & Straffin’s : Minstrels Co. burlesque opera troupe
Visual Materials
Image of a central image of minstrel musicians in blackface dressed in formal suits sitting on a stage and holding musical instruments and surrounded by top and bottom vignettes of male and female minstrels dancing and performing skits in costumes; with three caricatures of performers at top of image.
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Scenes from plays and miscellaneous
Manuscripts
Includes an unidentified minstrel show on stage.
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Performances and photocollages
Manuscripts
Mostly images of performers on stage before audiences or photocollages made for promotional purposes. Includes Nino Martini; Lawrence Tibbett; Amelita Galli-Curci; Yehudi Menuhin; Junior Orchestra of Los Angeles (1936); National Baptist Convention Chorus, Los Angeles (1937); Los Angeles Theater Season managers and treasurers photocollage featuring L. E. Behymer (1903-1904); photocollages for Behymer's Philharmonic courses featuring various performers (1900s).
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