Oversized Jimmy Starr Materials
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
- From the Collection: McLaughlin, John K. (Person)
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