Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
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
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 around 1932. Some of the photographs include imprints for Irving Archer of Hollywood, California and Talbot of New York (on the "Girl Trouble" images). The photographs were originally housed in a custom binder and comprise volume 12 of a 16-volume set that served as a visual inventory for hundreds of Fanchon & Marco performances.
photCL 487
Visual Materials
106 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 1936 to 1938. The photographs include imprints for Irving Archer and Archer's Studios of Hollywood, California. The photographs were originally housed in a custom binder and comprise volume 14 of a 16-volume set that served as a visual inventory for hundreds of Fanchon & Marco performances.
photCL 487
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58 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 1930 to 1931. Pages 1-39 contain four images per page; Pages 40-58 contain one image per page. Many of the photographs include the imprint of photographer Curt Fox of Hollywood, California. The photographs were originally housed in a custom binder and comprise volume 5 of a 16-volume set that served as a visual inventory for hundreds of Fanchon & Marco performances.
photCL 487
Visual Materials
85 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. Photographers chiefly unidentified; a photographs for "Ted Lewis" include the imprint of the White Studio of New York (page 66). The photographs were originally housed in a custom binder and comprise volume 9 of a 16-volume set that served as a visual inventory for hundreds of Fanchon & Marco performances.
photCL 487
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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 around 1931. Many of the photographs include the imprints of photographers Curt Fox of Los Angeles, California; Harry Wenger of Los Angeles; and Archer Art Shop of Los Angeles. The photographs were originally housed in a custom binder and comprise volume 6 of a 16-volume set that served as a visual inventory for hundreds of Fanchon & Marco performances.
photCL 487
Visual Materials
103 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 around 1929. There is also one 8 x 10 inch group portrait of individuals including Fanchon Wolff and Marco Wolff, photCL 487 vol 3 (103). Identified photographers include Harry Wenger and Paralta of Los Angeles. The photographs were originally housed in a custom binder and comprise volume 3 of a 16-volume set that served as a visual inventory for hundreds of Fanchon & Marco performances.
photCL 487