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[Hollywood, CA & New York, NY; Oshkosh, WI & Parkersburg, WV: The Strand Theatre, Smoot Theatre, Lincoln Theatre, & Warner Bros., 1930-1934]. Oblong folio. 14.5 x 11.5 in. [100 pp (unpaginated).], two different papers, many preserved in archival mylar sleeves. With 90 original silver gelatin photographs, either mounted, or loose and inserted into sleeves, sized from 2 x 2 in. up to 8 x 10 in., most sized approx. 5 x 7 in., many w/ photographer’s imprints, 71 pieces of mounted ephemera, including promotional cards, souvenir promotional items such as napkins, studio advertising mimeograph typescript marketing scripts, lobby cards, newspaper clippings, and more. All leaves bound w/ brass screw posts at gutter margin, many preserved in archival mylar sleeves (some leaves w/ chipping & tears at fore=-edges, offset tears, and or reside on versos of a few photos, some scuffing, old glue markings, cropping to some leaves), still a VG artifact preserved as album. This exceptional original Warner Bros.…
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