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Guide to the Stage and Movie Set Photograph Collection
MS 191
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Title: Stage and Movie Set photograph collection
Dates: 1910-1939
Collection number: MS 191
Creator:
Unknown
Collection Size:
2 flats
160 photographs
160 photographs
Repository:
University of California, Santa Cruz. University Library.
Special Collections and Archives
Santa Cruz, California 95064
Abstract: Photographs of stage and movie sets from ca. 1910-1930s.
Physical location: Stored in Special Collections & Archives: Advance notice is required for access to the papers.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permission to publish or to reproduce the material, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Stage and Movie Set photograph collection. MS 191. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of
California, Santa Cruz.
Gift of Alan Spiedel.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains photographs of stage and movie sets, some from Fanchon & Marco stage productions from the 1920s and
1930s, the Monrovia Feature Film Company, 1910-1920, and the S & A Company, Niles, CA [Essanay Studios], 1910-1920, as well
as many unidentified set photographs.
Many of the photographs are unidentified. Descriptions of the sets are provided in brackets. Information on the back of the
photos is provided when available.
The photographs are organized into seven series: Cast Photos; Fanchon & Marco Ideas; Stage Sets with people; Stage Sets without
people; Monrovia Film Company; S & A Company, Niles, CA; Interior Film Sets.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Fanchon & Marco (Firm)
Monrovia Feature Film Company
Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery--Photographs
Motion pictures--Setting and scener--Photographs
Essanay Film Manufacturing Co.