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San Francisco theater celebrity portraits [graphic]/
BANC PIC 2002.191--PICLOCAL
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Collection Overview

Title:

San Francisco theater celebrity portraits

Creator/Contributor:

Scaparone family., creator

Creator/Contributor:

Bradley & Rulofson

Creator/Contributor:

Thomas Houseworth & Co

Creator/Contributor:

Elite (Photographic firm)

Creator/Contributor:

J. Gurney & Son

Abstract:

Souvenir portrait photographs of theater and music celebrities and other entertainers, mostly taken by various San Francisco firms presumably during the performers' stays in the city. Among the individuals pictured are actress Lotta Crabtree, actors Frederick B. Warde and John McCullough, French aerialist Blondin and German magician Alexander Herrmann. Also includes photographs promoting various theater companies, including the Union Square Theatre Company (New York), the Rice Surprise Party, Salsbury's Troubadours, and the Grand Opera House (San Francisco).

Date:

ca. 1870-ca. 1890 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Crabtree, Lotta -- 1847-1924 -- Portraits
Warde, Frederick B -- 1851-1935 -- Portraits
McCullough, John Edward -- 1832-1885 -- Portraits
Blondin -- 1824-1897 -- Portraits
Herrmann, Alexander -- 1843-1896 -- Portraits
Grand Opera House (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Rice Surprise Party -- Pictorial works
Union Square Theatre Company -- Pictorial works
Salsbury's Troubadours -- Pictorial works
Celebrities -- California -- San Francisco -- Portraits
Actors -- California -- San Francisco -- Portraits
Theatrical companies -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs

Note:

collected by the Scaparone family.
Various photographers. The majority by Bradley & Rulofson, with others by Houseworth & Co., Elite Photographic Studio (San Francisco), and a few by Gurney & Son (New York).
Collected by the Scaparone family of San Francisco.
Title and date supplied by cataloger.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Item listing available.

Type:

graphic
Card photographs.

Physical Description:

graphic
photoprint
1 box (66 photographic prints on cabinet card mounts) : albumen ; 17 x 11 cm.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC PIC 2002.191--PICLOCAL

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.