Fanchon and Marco collection of photographs and ephemera

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  Fanchon & Marco, Volume 3

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  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.

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  Fanchon & Marco, Volume 1

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  114 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 1924 to 1928. Identified photographers include Harry Wenger and Weaver of Los Angeles and H.W. Steward of San Francisco. The photographs were originally housed in a custom binder and comprise volume 1 of a 16-volume set that served as a visual inventory for hundreds of Fanchon & Marco performances.

  photCL 487

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  Fanchon & Marco, Volume 5

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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

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  Fanchon & Marco, Volume 7

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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 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

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  Fanchon & Marco, Volume 2

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  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

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  Fanchon & Marco, Volume 10

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  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