Search Results: Authors starting with R from House of Mirth Photos

10 1/4" x 11 3/4", 35 leaves/70 pages 3-ring binder. Ray Rand took a lot of pride in his theatrical work. From the time he was in high school and into his twenties, he kept this scrapbook to commemorate his work. He was a costume designer, dancer, and actor. This scrapbook catalogues his time with the Keweenaw Musical Playhouse, a "professional summer musical theatre" in Keweenaw, Michigan, and beyond, at the Mountaindale Playhouse, and various other playhouses. Raymond Rand was a member of the Iron Fokin Ballet Company. Several pamphlets say as much, and there are several photos of Rand practicing ballet. At the Keweenaw Musical Playhouse Raymond Rand was the costume designer for productions of "Guys and Dolls", "South Pacific", "Oklahoma", "The Pajama Game", "The Desert Song", "Brigadoon", "The Boy Friend" (in which he also appeared), and "The Bells are Ringing". With the Mountaindale Playhouse he played Marvin in "Wish You Were Here". Under the direction of Leland Ball he was cast as Freddie… Read More

An artistically put together photo album by Clinton Reams, who it appears graduated from Iowa State College, was a member of the Marine Corps during World War I, worked in the shipyard in Alexandria, VA - where he was honorably discharged on Jan. 30, 1919, and then went to work on the railroad by the Panama Canal. He spent much time in Virginia, but next to a photo of a little house he's written "Home, Home, Sweet Home. 914 No. 49th St. Omaha [Nebraska]. The album is mostly annotated and includes drawings and creatively torn photos that adorn the pages. It has 39/leaves/75 pages, measures 10.5" x 13.5" and has about 190 photos, including snapshots and real photo postcards, with some additional commercial photos that I did not count. There are also letters and ephemera inside. Photos include shots of the Virginia Ship Building Corp, launching the ships Betsy Bell and the SS Chancook in 1919, the fitting dock, the ship Gunston Hall, WWI welcome home parade in Washington DC, Marine barracks in DC,… Read More