Fanchon and Marco’s Sunkist Beauties were a performance group from the Fanchon & Marco Vaud-Film Production Company. Fanchon and Marco were a sister and brother partnership (who used their first names only) of vaudeville performers and producers of vaudeville acts and vaudeville-style prologues to motion pictures in the United States. They began producing revues in 1919 with Fanchon and Marco Revue, and began producing prologues with their own company in 1922, the Fanchon & Marco Vaud-Film Production Company. They variously operated under the name of Fanchon and Marco Stageshows, Inc., and the Fanchon and Marco Service Corporation; Fanchon and Marco also operated the Fanchon and Marco Costume Company in Los Angeles. These images are archived in California as part of the papers of Vincent Silk who performed with the Sunkist Beauties. Learn more about Fanchon and Marco here. https://fanchonandmarco.com/
Campbell Brothers Circus side show: Campbell Brothers Circus troupe and side show banners. A band and other performers, DeBarcsy family, Little Nick. Count Nicu DeBarscy, who traveled with his mother, Madam DeBarcsy, the bearded lady, and his stepfather, the Indian Medicine Man. Near Enid, Oklahoma USA. Image ca. 1913-1920. American. Photographer not given. The Gateway to Oklahoma History Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society. via https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc963351/?q=Campbell%20%20BrothersCampbell Brothers Circus: Campbell Bros. Circus- side show banners, band, performers, DeBarcsy family, Little Nick. Near Enid, Oklahoma USA. Image ca. 1913-1920. American. Photographer not given. The Gateway to Oklahoma History Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society. via https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc963230/?q=Campbell%20%20BrothersF. E. Campbell with chimps – Campbell Brothers Circus. Near Enid, Oklahoma USA. Image ca. 1913-1920. American. Photographer not given. The Gateway to Oklahoma History Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society. via https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc963337/?q=Campbell%20%20BrothersCampbell Brothers Circus Band, H. W. Wingert, Conducter. Successful and extensive tour of the United States in 1910. Equipped with Buescher grand trombones, Epoch true-tone cornets, monster basses, clarinets, drums, etc. Made by Buescher Band Instrument Company, Elkhart, Indiana. 1910 image. American. Photographer not given. The Gateway to Oklahoma History Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society. via https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc963355/?q=Campbell%20%20Brothers
According to the website circusandsideshows.com:
“The original Campbell Brothers Circus was owned by brothers Virgil, Al, Charlie and Ed Campbell and began in Galesburg, Il. The Circus started with 30 horse drawn wagons and more than 100 personnel. The Circus grew to a 40 car railroad show and was advertised as the second largest circus in America. The circus began wintering in Fairbury Nebraska in 1885. The 1912 season was a disastrous one for the show; bad weather, fires and a train wreck plagued the circus. The following year banks foreclosed on outstanding loans and the show was forced into bankruptcy.
The brothers grandfather, Elisha Campbell and his four sons Bill, Fred, Bert and Ed., bought bankrupt circus and moved it’s headquarters to the family farm near Enid, Oklahoma. The circus continued for seven more seasons.”
Clifton’s “Pacific Seas” Cafeteria: Diners have filled one of the rooms of the popular eatery, Clifton’s “Pacific Seas” Cafeteria, located at 618 S. Olive Street. The cafeteria’s decor, intended to evoke a Polynesian setting, includes floral wallpaper, fake flowers and palm trees, baskets, and the Rain Hut, visible in the background, where, according to the posted signs, it “rains approx. every 20 min.” Hats and baskets hanging from a grid of bamboo attached to the ceiling along with other tropical touches. The silverware over on the far right must be for the buffet. Has your standard American 1930s-1940s linoleum floor, too. Image ca. 1945. American, Los Angeles, California. Ralph Morris, photographer. Ralph Morris Collection, Los Angeles Photographers Collection. via TESSA the digital collections of the Los Angeles Public Library. via https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/122818Having a meal at Pacific Seas:Four women enjoy themselves at Clifton’s Pacific Seas Cafeteria, having lunch in front of a crepe paper palm tree. Late 1940s-1950s image. American, Los Angeles, California. Photographer not given. Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection. via TESSA the digital collections of the Los Angeles Public Library. via https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/103441/rec/11Dining area of Clifton’s “Pacific Seas” Cafeteria. A postcard with the caption on the back reading “A fantastic neon palm by Polynesian grass hut. Only one of the many fantastic features. Guests pay what they wish and dine free unless delighted. 618 South Olive Street, Los Angeles.” Vintage postcard, ca. 1940s-1950s. Late 1940s-1950s image. American, Los Angeles, California. Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection. via TESSA the digital collections of the Los Angeles Public Library. via https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/87434/rec/13 Interior view of the Pacific Seas cafeteria, located at 618 South Olive Street, showing a decorative neon light. In the background is the reflection of that very same light. Image ca. 1945. American, Los Angeles, California. Lucille Stewart, photographer. Lucille Stewart Collection, Los Angeles Photographers Collection. via TESSA the digital collections of the Los Angeles Public Library. via https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/123419/rec/20 Interior view of the Pacific Seas cafeteria, located at 618 South Olive Street, showing a decorative neon light designed to look like a palm tree with decorative bamboo ladders leading to a balcony in the rear. Image ca. 1945. American, Los Angeles, California. Lucille Stewart, photographer. Lucille Stewart Collection, Los Angeles Photographers Collection. via TESSA the digital collections of the Los Angeles Public Library. via https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/123420/rec/21Interior view of the Pacific Seas cafeteria, located at 618 South Olive Street, showing a decorative neon light designed to look like a palm tree. Image ca. 1945. American, Los Angeles, California. Lucille Stewart, photographer. Lucille Stewart Collection, Los Angeles Photographers Collection. via TESSA the digital collections of the Los Angeles Public Library. via https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/123425/rec/23Clifton’s String Ensemble at “Pacific Seas:” Pianist Julius K. Johnson, violinist Caroline Hermann, harpist Grace Curey, and string bass player Nathan Harrison, who make up the Clifton’s String Ensemble, play inside the raised Aloha Entertainment Platform at Clifton’s “Pacific Seas” Cafeteria. Diners surround the performance area. Image ca. 1945. American, Los Angeles, California. Lucille Stewart, photographer. Lucille Stewart Collection, Los Angeles Photographers Collection. via TESSA the digital collections of the Los Angeles Public Library. via https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/search/searchterm/%20Clifton’s%20%22Pacific%20Seas%22%20Cafeteria
Eastern Shore men (and women) watching the Chesapeake Bay Workout races from beneath some unfurled sails. Image ca. 1927. American. Aubrey Bodine, photographer. via @annapolis_collection on Instagram. via Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw8BnemBls5/?igsh=bGpndWR5NXc3dHM5Day at the Races. A group of lady spectators from Annapolis enjoy watching the sailboat races from aboard the Maryland Conservation Commission boat “Kent”. 1927 image. Annapolis, Maryland, USA. Aubrey Bodine, photographer. via @annapolis_collection on Instagram. via Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/CJcHppXLfQU/?igsh=ZTl2cHVrMGkwbzZrChesapeake Workboat Race. H.M. Rowe crashes into the Ella Cripps just before crossing the line in the schooner race. ca. 1929. Annapolis, Maryland, USA. via @annapolis_collection on Instagram. via Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/CRAYFPhreo1/?igsh=MTI0dWhiNWxsdjB4NA%3D%3DYoung lady spectators sitting aboard the Miss Tylerton to watch the 9th annual Chesapeake Bay Workboat Races. 1929 image. Annapolis, Maryland USA. via @annapolis_collection on Instagram. via Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/CUEFvTkLNs7/?igsh=MTFseG10ZG5hM2JiYQ%3D%3D
The 1939–40 New York World’s Fair opened on April 30th, 1939 in Flushing Meadow, Queens. The first exposition to have a futuristic theme (“World of Tomorrow”), it hosted exhibits by sixty countries, the League of Nations, thirty-three U.S. states, several federal agencies, and the City of New York. By the time the fair closed on October 26th, 1940, over forty-four million people had visited the fair.
1954 “Jeanie Ball” Queen, Barbara Foster, being crowned at the Stephen Foster State Memorial Center – White Springs, Florida USA. January 1954 image. Department of Commerce Collection, Florida Memory the State Library and Archives of Florida. https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/717951956 Jeanie Ball contest winner Ann Bower being crowned by Stephen Foster’s grandaughter Mrs. Evelyn Foster Morneweck – White Springs, Florida USA. April 1956 image. Karl E. Holland, photographer. Department of Commerce Collection, Florida Memory the State Library and Archives of Florida. https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/735731959 Jeanie Ball contest winner Veronica McCormick standing in front of museum for portrait at the Stephen Foster Memorial – White Springs, Florida USA. February 1959 image. Karl E. Holland, photographer. Department of Commerce Collection, Florida Memory the State Library and Archives of Florida. https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/760361960 Jeanie Ball “Queen” Joyce Marie Garland singing at the Stephen Foster Memorial – White Springs, Florida USA. February 1960 image. Karl E. Holland, photographer. Department of Commerce Collection, Florida Memory the State Library and Archives of Florida. https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/77116A couple of Jeanie Ball contest participants posing for a portrait at the Stephen Foster State Memorial – White Springs, Florida USA. September 1970 image. Murphy, photographer. Karl E. Holland, photographer. Department of Commerce Collection, Florida Memory the State Library and Archives of Florida. https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/85936
The Jeanie Ball commemorated Stephen Foster’s song “Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair”, leaving out the fact that Stephen Foster died a drunk in the back hall of a New York City flophouse in 1864. But his songs are wonderful.
Lina Basquette, well known dancer and musical comedy star, rehearsing new steps for a coming production on a ledge of the roof of the Hotel Commodore. Twenty eight stories below is 42nd Street, whose hurrying throngs are unaware of the dancer balanced far above their heads. 1920s photograph. American. George Rinhart, photographer. Corbis via Getty Images and @vintagemoviestars on Instagram. via Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/C2x_bzaviFa/ Lina Basquette photographed in a publicity still for the 1928 part-talkie sound drama film Show Folks which was directed by Paul L. Stein. https://silenceisplatinum.blogspot.com/2011/09/miss-lina-basquette.htmlLina Basquette (1907 – 1994) the American child star and dancer who was a leading lady of the 20s and during her life had seven husbands. She is pictured in her drawing room at home in Hollywood, looking at press cuttings. Image ca. 1929-1931. Photograph that seems to be from the same session as a photograph of Lina Basquette with a woodcut portrait of herself that was published in the July 1929 issue of Picture Play magazine. Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images. via @vitaphonezone on Instagram. via Instagram. Getty link here https://www.gettyimages.dk/detail/news-photo/lina-basquette-the-american-child-star-and-dancer-who-was-a-news-photo/3252265Lina Basquette and Tom Keene in the 1928 film The Godless Girl, an American sound part-talkie dramatic directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Image via https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0060012/mediaviewer/rm3283305728/
Joe Dobish in front of his Lion Motordrome, called the Wall of Death, at the Rubin and Cherry Exposition, held during the 23rd annual Southeastern Fair, in Lakewood Park, Atlanta, Georgia, October 7, 1937. October 7, 1937 image. American. Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers. Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library. Under copyright. Fair use license. https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/digital/collection/lane/id/13825/rec/1Tightrope performers at the Rubin and Cherry Exposition, held during the 23rd annual Southeastern Fair, in Lakewood Park, Atlanta, Georgia, October 7, 1937. October 7, 1937 image. American. Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers. Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library. Under copyright. Fair use license. https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/digital/collection/lane/id/13927/rec/69?fbclid=IwAR3XRo_0XxUjsmFxQmFcaNC44TEJGJJwuq85TFBC2YK9gVFFhKJ_3zaJtrQMidway with the ferris wheel on the left. Rubin and Cherry Exposition, held during the 23rd annual Southeastern Fair, in Lakewood Park, Atlanta, Georgia, October 7, 1937. October 7, 1937 image. American. Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers. Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library. Under copyright. Fair use license. https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/digital/collection/lane/id/13870/rec/7Señorita Rosita, a Castilian dancer, among other performers at the Rubin and Cherry Exposition, held during the 23rd annual Southeastern Fair, in Lakewood Park, Atlanta, Georgia, October 7, 1937. October 7, 1937 image. American. Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers. Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library. Under copyright. Fair use license. https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/digital/collection/lane/id/13953/rec/21Pony show at the Rubin and Cherry Exposition, held during the 23rd annual Southeastern Fair, in Lakewood Park, Atlanta, Georgia, October 7, 1937. October 7, 1937 image. American. Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers. Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library. Under copyright. Fair use license. https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/digital/collection/lane/id/13970/rec/25
Three children enjoying their “candy floss” and novelty items at the Rubin and Cherry Exposition, held during the 23rd annual Southeastern Fair, in Lakewood Park, Atlanta, Georgia, October 7, 1937. October 7, 1937 image. American. Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers. Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library. Under copyright. Fair use license. https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/digital/collection/lane/id/13972/rec/26
