DUNBAR, DIXIEABAA
Photo Album: Celebrity Album
1939réf. 419144New Jersey California 1939. Softcover. Very Good. Oblong small octavo measuring 6.5" x 5". String-tied black paper wrappers with "Snapshots Souvenir of New York" stamped in silver on the front wrapper. Contains 39 sepia-toned or black and white gelatin silver photographs measuring between .5" x .5" and 3.5" x 5.5" with captions. Very good album with some creasing and edgewear with near fine photographs. A small album housing celebrity photographs from the late 1930s. The album begins with an inscription on the first page which reads "from Arlene and Dick Palito May 1939." Following this are commercial shots of celebrities as well as candid photos of them. Actress Dixie Dunbar is seen in more photos then anyone presumably she was a friend of Dick and Arlene's. Other photos include Gordon Oliver lounging in a garden Johnny Downs at a rodeo and Otis Harlan on location in the desert. Some other celebrities seen here are James Ellison Alice Faye Marie Wilson Preston Foster and Donovan Hall. One photo shows Douglas Fairbank Jr. at what appears to be a rodeo signing autographs. A page towards the end of the album contains small portraits of Spencer Tracy Jeanette MacDonald and Luise Rainer. A modest but nice collection of 1930s celebrities photographs. unknown books
