Name/Title
Framed Photograph and program Elks Lodge Ladies' Night with Gilbert and Sullivan music, May 12, 1945Entry/Object ID
1973.9.1Description
ACC. NO. 73.9.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: ELKS
DATE OR PERIOD: 1945
OBJECT: FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH
DESCRIPTION: FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH. SILVER AND GREY FRAME, WITH CAPTION WRITTEN IN INK, UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER, LADIES NIGHT, MAY 12, 1945, "A MUSICAL COCKTAIL". ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE PICTURE IS PASTED THE PROGRAM WITH LIST OF PERFORMERS.
SIZE: 16" X 7"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN OF AUDIENCE ATTENDING MUSICAL PROGRAM PERFORMED BY THE SAVOY LIGHT OPERA COMPANY, OF SAN FRANCISCO. AT THE ELKS CLUB, MAY 12, 1945. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS DONATED TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY BY THE DAUGHTER OF "STICKY BILL" MAYNARD, ONE OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO PUT ON THE SHOW.
THE MUSICAL COCKTAIL CONSISTED OF SELECTION FROM GILBERT AND SULLIVAN'S LIGHT OPERAS.
ACQUIRED FROM: ALICE MAYNARD SPROGE
DATE: MAY 19, 1973
