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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
29 album pages, each with thirty-six or more thumbnail photographs per page, depicting sets, performers, and concepts from live variety stage shows performed before feature films. These shows, known as "Ideas," were produced by the Los Angeles-based theatrical production team of Fanchon and Marco. The photographs document stages, often with ornate set designs, rehearsals, dance and musical numbers, costumes, and group and single portraits of dancers, musicians, and actors for shows performed from the late 1920s to the 1930s. The photographs were originally housed in a custom binder and comprise volume 16 of a 16-volume set that served as a visual inventory for hundreds of Fanchon & Marco performances. The thumbnails appear primarily to duplicate images found in the other volumes, in reverse order, with the last thumbnails on page 29 corresponding to the Circus images on page 97 of photCL 487 vol 2, and earlier pages corresponding to later volumes. The volume duplicates the images found in pages 1-29 of photCL 487 vol 15.
photCL 487
Visual Materials
29 album pages, each with thirty-six or more thumbnail photographs per page, depicting sets, performers, and concepts from live variety stage shows performed before feature films. These shows, known as "Ideas," were produced by the Los Angeles-based theatrical production team of Fanchon and Marco. The photographs document stages, often with ornate set designs, rehearsals, dance and musical numbers, costumes, and group and single portraits of dancers, musicians, and actors for shows performed from the late 1920s to the 1930s. The volume also includes a laid-in 8x 10" still from the film "Millions in the Air" (page 30). The photographs were originally housed in a custom binder and comprise volume 15 of a 16-volume set that served as a visual inventory for hundreds of Fanchon & Marco performances. The thumbnails appear primarily to duplicate images found in the other volumes, in reverse order, with the last thumbnails on page 29 corresponding to the Circus images on page 97 of photCL 487 vol 2, and earlier pages corresponding to later volumes. The volume duplicates the images found in pages 1-29 of photCL 487 vol 16.
photCL 487
Visual Materials
76 album pages, each containing an 8 x 10-inch photograph depicting sets, performers, and concepts from live variety stage shows performed before feature films. These shows, known as "Ideas," were produced by the Los Angeles-based theatrical production team of Fanchon and Marco. The photographs document stages, often with ornate set designs, rehearsals, dance and musical numbers, costumes, and group and single portraits of dancers, musicians, and actors for shows performed from around 1931. No photographers are identified in this volume. The photographs were originally housed in a custom binder and comprise volume 7 of a 16-volume set that served as a visual inventory for hundreds of Fanchon & Marco performances.
photCL 487
Visual Materials
100 album pages, each with four photographs per page, depicting sets, performers, and concepts from live variety stage shows performed before feature films. These shows, known as "Ideas," were produced by the Los Angeles-based theatrical production team of Fanchon and Marco. The photographs document stages, often with ornate set designs, rehearsals, dance and musical numbers, costumes, and group and single portraits of dancers, musicians, and actors for shows performed from approximately 1926 to 1928. Identified photographers include Harry Wenger and Paralta of Los Angeles. The photographs were originally housed in a custom binder and comprise volume 2 of a 16-volume set that served as a visual inventory for hundreds of Fanchon & Marco performances.
photCL 487
Visual Materials
75 album pages, each containing an 8 x 10-inch photograph depicting sets, performers, and concepts from live variety stage shows performed before feature films. These shows, known as "Ideas," were produced by the Los Angeles-based theatrical production team of Fanchon and Marco. The photographs document stages, often with ornate set designs, rehearsals, dance and musical numbers, costumes, and group and single portraits of dancers, musicians, and actors for shows performed from around 1932. No photographers are identified on the images. The photographs were originally housed in a custom binder and comprise volume 10 of a 16-volume set that served as a visual inventory for hundreds of Fanchon & Marco performances.
photCL 487
Visual Materials
87 album pages, each containing an 8 x 10-inch photograph depicting sets, performers, and concepts from live variety stage shows performed before feature films. These shows, known as "Ideas," were produced by the Los Angeles-based theatrical production team of Fanchon and Marco. The photographs document stages, often with ornate set designs, rehearsals, dance and musical numbers, costumes, and group and single portraits of dancers, musicians, and actors for shows performed from approximately 1931 to 1932. Some of the photographs include imprints for Archer's Art Shop of Los Angeles and Archer's Studio of Hollywood, California. The photographs were originally housed in a custom binder and comprise volume 8 of a 16-volume set that served as a visual inventory for hundreds of Fanchon & Marco performances.
photCL 487