This collection is composed of scrapbooks from the Curran and Geary theaters in San Francisco. These professionally-assembled albums document over fifty years in the history of these theatres, covering a wide range of productions: plays, variety shows, comedy shows, magic shows, ballet, opera, revues, films, and other productions. The scrapbooks primarily contain newspaper clippings, along with press notices, advertisements, playbills, programs, menus, correspondence and photographs. The newspaper clippings include feature stories, interviews, advertisements, and critical reviews.

Louis Lurie was a real estate developer, theatrical producer and philanthropist. His real estate company built and owned a large number of commercial office space in San Francisco. Among the buildings the company owned were the Curran and Geary Theatres, and the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco. Lurie started the Lurie Company and the Louis R. Lurie Foundation. Lurie was born September 6, 1888 in Chicago and he died September 7, 1972 in San Francisco. Robert Lurie, Louis' son, was an owner of the San Francisco Giants.

72.5 Linear Feet (87 boxes)

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