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An archive of approximately 1650 Maureen O'Hara vintage and modern photographs and negatives, including personal snapshots, scenes from films, portraits, and publicity
29 November 2016, 12:00 EST
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An archive of approximately 1650 Maureen O'Hara vintage and modern photographs and negatives, including personal snapshots, scenes from films, portraits, and publicity
A group of mostly vintage and some modern 8 x 10 and 11 x 14 silver gelatin photographs and black-and-white negatives, together with a group of smaller personal snapshots, comprised of approximately 301 portraits and publicity photos, including 2 early signed photos, one signed ("Maureen FitzSimons") and the other signed ("Maureen O'Hara") and inscribed in the upper right corner, "Hunchback '39"; approximately 516 candids of O'Hara at various Hollywood nightclubs, public events, charity events, publicity junkets, on the set, with other celebrities such as Grace Kelly, Rock Hudson, Noel Coward, and John Wayne, with family members, on her U.S. Navy tour, and of her meeting with Fidel Castro; approximately 362 scene stills from her films, among them Our Man in Havana (1959), They Met in Argentina (1941), Bagdad (1949), McLintock! (1963), and Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955); approximately 183 personal snapshots and smaller photos of O'Hara alone and with family members, friends, and at various events; approximately 72 size 11 x 14 black and white vintage photos comprised mostly of glamour portraits; approximately 27 photos of O'Hara's friends and family, without O'Hara; 6 size 10 x 13.5 candids and portraits; 7 size 10 x 12 candids; 63 contact sheets from Only the Lonely (1991); 23 contact sheets from The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965); 43 size 8 x 10 black and white negatives of film scenes and portraits; 2 size 8 x 10 color transparencies of O'Hara in a glamour pose and in a publicity portrait for Bagdad; 2 size 4 x 5 color transparencies with Tony Randall; 12 size 4 x 5 black and white negatives; 5 size 5 x 7 negatives; approximately 31 size 2 x 2 color and black and white negatives of O'Hara on the set and at various events; a 40 x 10.5 photo of "President Roosevelt's Birthday Banquet to the Visiting Stars of Stage, Screen, Radio and Sports World, Willard Hotel, January 30, 1941, Washington DC"; a 21 x 10.5 photo of "The Masquers Honor Mike Connolly, Masquers Club, Hollywood, March 17, 1961"; 2 copies of a 21 x 10.5 photo of "The 70th Annual Celebration of St. Patrick's Day, Ancient Order of Hibernians, Honoring Eamon De Valera, Elk's Club, Los Angeles, March 17, 1948"; a 21 x 12.5 photo of the "What Price Glory company, Grauman's Chinese Theater, March 1, 1949," with O'Hara, John Wayne, John Ford, Ward Bond, Harry Carey Jr., Pat O'Brien, Gregory Peck, and a host of others.
The archive represents a microcosm of Maureen O'Hara's personal life and professional career, with many of the photos bearing O'Hara's notations or signature on the reverse.
3x3 to 11 x 14 in size
The archive represents a microcosm of Maureen O'Hara's personal life and professional career, with many of the photos bearing O'Hara's notations or signature on the reverse.
3x3 to 11 x 14 in size