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Actress Dorothy Gish

Item is a copy print with the caption: A 1916 crew films actress Dorothy Gish. The director, center, is Elmer Clifton. The assistant cameraman, right is Karl Brown. Eight years later, Brown photographed "The Covered Wagon," the prototype of the "Hollywood western." I-88-1454

Kodak Canada Inc.

Beniamino Gigli

Item is a publicity portrait of Beniamino Gigli, an Italian operatic singer who sang for many Italian opera companies and debuted for the Metropolitan Opera in 1920. He is shown in profile, with one foot resting upon a chair. Black ink inscription on surface of photograph reads, 'Bgigli Montreal 1925'

Mishkin

Portrait of man with guitar

Item is a brown card with silver border and silver letterpress, showing Ontario crest and text "B. Frank Stewart/ ORILLIA, ONT." Image is of a man playing a guitar. He sits on an elaborate cushioned chair in front of a painted backdrop depicting plants. On verso, handwritten in pencil, "Toronto - Normal S. opened Nov 1. 1847/ Miss J. Dawson(?)"

B. Frank Stewart

Portrait of a woman with violin

Item is a bi-fold card with mottled green pattern and embossed floral decoration at upper left. Inside portrait of a woman holding a violin. In black letterpress, at bottom inside "Herbert E. Paige/ 259 1/2 YONGE ST./ TORONTO"

Herbert E. Paige

Brass band dressed as clowns

Item consists of a photograph of a group of musicians with brass instruments (and 1 drum) posed on a residential street. They are all dressed like clowns. Photograph is mounted on a card backing, and handwritten on the verso, "g(?)".

Oakwood Synkfunny Orchestry

Item consists of a portrait of a band of women musicians with loose-fitting coats with braided buttons and oversize top hats. The drum at the centre of the picture has the words "OAKWOOD/ SYNKFUNNY/ ORCHESTRY" written on it.

Bowmanville band

Item consists of a photograph mounted on grey card. Image shows a brass band with drum on the right labelled "BOWMANVILLE". They are arranged in two rows in a photographic studio setting.

Portrait of woman with violin

Item is a grey bi-fold card with silver embossed art nouveau pattern at upper left (floral). Inside potrait of a woman in sheer dress holding a violin. At bottom right, in black letterpress, "Barrett Studio/ 327 YONGE ST./ TORONTO."

Barrett Studio

Estelle Clayton

Item is a cabinet card portrait of Broadway actress Estelle Clayton lounging in a studio set that appears as rocks with a lake in the background.

Newsboy Tobacco Company

Jennie McNulty

American actress and "Gaiety Girl", Jennie McNulty was the leader of the Chroisters' Association in 1895, a predominately women's club with four small rooms for reading, writing, and relaxing and two large rooms for rehearsals.

Newsboy Tobacco Company

Marie Heath

Item is a photograph of the actress Marie Heath, known as "The Little Sunbeam." Credited in the production of "For Mother's Sake" (1904) produced by Rusco and Holland, minstrel company, Cincinnati & New York.

Harrison

Annie Deacon

American actress, burlesque performer. She is recorded as having performed in "Our Cinderella: A Burlesque" by William Gill in the Colville Company's 1878-9 season, and in "The Magic Slipper" for Haverley's Theater in New York in August 1879, produced by Samuel Colville's Opera Burlesque Company.

Waters, H.

Lillian Russell, 1861-1922

Lillian Russell, born Nellie Leonard in Clinton, Iowa in 1861, was a famous comic opera actress in New York city. She made her stage debut in "Time Tries All" in Chicago in 1877 before moving to New York in 1879 and continuing her career in musicals, burlesque and dramatic shows. Near the end of her life, she was appointed as a special investigator to study immigration conditions by President Harding. She presented a report to the United States Department of Labor that suggested an "immigration holiday" of 5 years, the sifting of immigrants on the other side, and 21 years residence in the US before naturalization. See "Lillian Russell Dies of Injuries", The New York Times, June 6, 1922, pp. 1-2. Retrieved on December 15, 2010.

[Portrait of Don Cornell]

Item is a studio headshot with white border, depciting man in suit jacket and tie. Recto ink stamp "Don Cornell." Verso ink stamp "This portrait through courtesy of A. Gilbert Studios, Toronto."

A. Gilbert Studios

[Portrait of Kaye Starr]

Item is a studio headshot of a woman. Dark background and deep shadows. Recto ink stamp "Kaye Starr." Verso ink stamp "This portrait through courtesy of A. Gilbert Studios, Toronto."

A. Gilbert Studios

[Portrait of Mel Torme]

Item is a studio headshot of blonde man with checked jacket and tie. Recto ink stamp reads "Mel Torme". Stamp font and image format matches others from A. Gilbert Studios.

A. Gilbert Studios

[Portrait of Eddie Fisher]

Item is a studio headshot of man with dark curly hair in shit jacket and tie. Recto ink stamp: "Eddie Fisher." Verso ink stamp "This portrait through courtesy of A. Gilbert Studios, Toronto."

A. Gilbert Studios

[Portrait of Art Lund]

Item is a studio headshot with white border. Depicts a man in suit jacket and tie with slicked-back hair. Recto ink stamp: "Art Lund." Verso ink stamp "This portrait through courtesy of A. Gilbert Studios, Toronto."

A. Gilbert Studios

[Portrait of Guy Mitchell]

Item is a studio headshot of man with blonde hair in tuxedo jacket and bow tie. Recto ink stamp "Guy Mitchell." Verso ink stamp "This portrait through courtesy of A. Gilbert Studios, Toronto."

A. Gilbert Studios

[Portrait of Vic Damone]

Item is a studio headshot of man with curly hair, wearing jacket, sweater vest and tie. Verso ink stamps: "Vic Damone," "This portrait through courtesy of A. Gilbert Studios, Toronto."

A. Gilbert Studios

[Portrait of Cab Calloway]

Item is a studio headshot of man with moustache wearing jacket and tie. Recto ink stamp: "Cab Calloway." Verso ink stamp: "This portrait through courtesy of A. Gilbert Studios, Toronto."

A. Gilbert Studios

[Portrait of Frank Sinatra]

Item is a studio portrait of man wearing white jacket and dark pants, no tie. Possible copy print of existing print. Recto inscription on negative or original print: "To a swell 580 member, fondly, Sinatra." Verso ink stamp: "This portrait through courtesy of A. Gilbert Studios, Toronto."

A. Gilbert Studios

Portrait of girl playing violin

Grey card with texture. Photography of a girl in short white dress and a bow in her hair playing violin. Art nouveau screen behind her, along with medieval-style x chair. At bottom, embossed in silver, "Edwards & Co" with an image of a royal crown at centre and on the right "STRATFORD/ FOREST GATE/ AND EAST HAM." On verso, in pencil "23 078".

Edwards & Co

[Portrait of a man in costume]

Item is an unmounted portrait of a man standing against a studio backdrop of a castle in the mountains with a lake and flowers in foreground. He right arm is held behind his back, the left one hangs at his side. His feet are apart, and he wears dark slippers with dark leotards. His shirt hangs down to mid-thigh, and is fringed around the bottom and at the sleeves. It has a pattern of leaves on it. He is blond, and his cheeks are tinted pink. He stands still with the aid of a body stand. Top and bottom left corners angled off.

Miscellaneous album

Item consists of an album that is beige with a linear, green, geometric design and brown tape along the spine. It is held together with black string. Pages are green. Photographs are loose. Other loose accompanying material includes ink, pencil and colour sketches, various postcards.

Most photographs are from Toronto, Ontario. 1 photograph shows the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir at the Peace Festival in 1919. There is a publication with a Plan of York Minster Sh3wing the Architectural Styles from 1931. 1 photograph of Sir Geo Scott Roberston, M.P.

Locations include: Hamilton, Ontario; New York City, New York; Boston Massachusetts; Bradford, England; York, England; and Yorkshire, England.

Dates include: 1906, 1907, 1908, 1912, 1926, 1931.

Portrait of a young man in Highland dress

Item consists of a grey card with green letterpress at bottom, "Henderson,/ Artist/ LINCOLN AVE,./ YORK, NEB." Photograph is a full length portrait of a young man in suit jacket with high starched collar wearing a kilt and tartan sask and holding a flute.

Henderson

"Cancan"

Item is an albumen carte-de-visit copy of a drawing that two men in top hats; two girls in acrobatic costume, one getting a 'piggy back ride'. Recto caption: "CANCAN S".

Promotional film packages and stills

The series consists of promotional packages and film stills (press kits) put together by various Canadian, American and international film production companies and collected by the Toronto Film Society.

Toronto Film Society

The Wolfman Jack Show [television series]

The U.S. disk jockey Wolfman Jack came to the greater public's attention in the 1973 film American Graffiti and as the announcer for the television rock concert series, The Midnight Special. His Howl Productions co-produced The Wolfman Jack Show with the CBC in Vancouver. The producers booked foreign performers as well as Canadian musical artists, such as the Stampeders and Bachman-Turner Overdrive, and was intended to give Canadian artists an avenue into an international market. The program also featured regular performances by the Famous People Players, and comedy with Danny Wells, Peter Cullen, and Sally Sales.

Original air dates: Tue 7:30-8:00 p.m., 5 Oct 1976-13 Sep 1977

Wolfman Jack

The Blues

Original broadcast on December 28, 1966 was 90 min. in length. This version is only 60 min. Guests featured in this six-part series included Muddy Waters, Brownie McGee, Sonny Terry, Otis Spahn and Willie Dixon.

Points east, points west [television program]

Television series that aired from May-October 1976, featuring musical variety productions from CBC centres outside Toronto, two each from Vancouver, Montreal, Halifax, Edmonton, and St. John's. The programs were pilots for future CBC productions and featured local talents from each of the regions.

Canadian Express [television series]

Variety television show that aired between September 22, 1977 and September 12, 1980 and featured Canadian musical performers from across the country.

Black Hallelu-jah [television special]

Performance and broadcast of a song called "Black Hallelujah" composed by Russ Little and Norm Symonds; a 60 minute gospel music version of the trial and crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

The 30's / Music Canada [television series]

  • 2010.003.01.33
  • Unidad documental simple
  • July 19, 1979 [originally recorded 1967]
  • Parte dePaddy Sampson fonds

A series of eight one-hour concert programs, this episode featured music from the Great Depression. Originally aired 22 February 1967.

Buffy Ste. Marie

Item is a tape of the "Mini Mobile" episode of a Buffy St. Marie program.

Buffy Ste. Marie

Item is a tape of a Buffy Sainte Marie program.

Festival "The Duke" Pt I

Item is a recording of "The Duke" at a festival in 1965 that was transferred from a 16mm to 1/4" medium.

Belafonte/Watson 1A

Item is a recording of an interview with Harry Belafonte and Patrick Watson.

Belafonte/Watson 1B

Item is a recording of an interview with Harry Belafonte and Patrick Watson.

Belafonte/Watson 2A

Item is a recording of an interview with Harry Belafonte and Patrick Watson.

Belafonte/Watson 2B

Item is a recording of an interview with Harry Belafonte and Patrick Watson.

Belafonte/Watson 3A

Item is a recording of an interview with Harry Belafonte and Patrick Watson.

Belafonte/Watson 3B

Item is a recording of an interview with Harry Belafonte and Patrick Watson.

Belafonte/Watson 4A

Item is a recording of an interview with Harry Belafonte and Patrick Watson.

Belafonte/Watson 4B

Item is a recording of an interview with Harry Belafonte and Patrick Watson.

Belafonte/Watson 5A

Item is a recording of an interview with Harry Belafonte and Patrick Watson.

Belafonte/Watson 5B

Item is a recording of an interview with Harry Belafonte and Patrick Watson.

Belafonte/Watson 6A

Item is a recording of an interview with Harry Belafonte and Patrick Watson.

Belafonte/Watson 6B

Item is a recording of an interview with Harry Belafonte and Patrick Watson.

Belafonte/Watson A

Item is a recording of an interview with Harry Belafonte and Patrick Watson.

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