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Oversized Jimmy Starr Materials

 File — Container: Map Case 24, Drawer: 20, Folder: 3
Identifier: id34572

Scope and Contents

Contents:

Advertising mailer for Grace Hayes Lodge, North Hollywood, California, addressed to Jimmy Starr.

Advertising mailer with caricature portraits of Bob Murphy (The House of Murphy), addressed to Jimmy Starr, at the L.A. Herald Express. Additional copy contains House of Murphy on verso.

Menu mailer for Ciro's in Los Angeles, California, inscribed at top "Dear Friend, On my return from New York, I dropped in here and realized there's nothing in the Big Town as swell. Cordially, Herman Politz." Addressed to Jimmy Starr at the L.A. Herald.

Advertising mailer for the Gay Nineties Music Hall, Bret Harte Room of the Argonaut Hotel, grand opening, March 14, 1935. Personalized message to Jimmy Starr from Barney Hyman on verso.

Flyer for the Gem Theatre, Garden Grove, California, for "personal appearances of movie stars," Dorothy Granger and George Lollier, with a film showing of "Renegade Trail" and "Nancy Drew Detective." Personalized message to Jimmy Starr from "BBB and the Mrs."

Small broadside program for the Globe Theatre's "Merrie England" series, London, 1934. Stamped "From the Jimmy Starr Collection."

Broadside advertising poster for "Fashion, or, Life in New York" (Hawthorne School, Beverly Hills, California, addressed to Jimmy Starr on verso.

Ink portrait of Fay Wray, artist's name is illegible [possibly Hy Goode?]. Uncompleted sketch on verso. Stamped "From the Jimmy Starr Collection."

Dates

  • Creation: 1900 - 2000

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use and has no known restrictions.

Extent

From the Collection: 77 Linear Feet : Oversize and flat materials stored separately.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Binghamton NY 13902 USA