Edith Essex photographic collection circa 1952-1953

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Edith Essex photographic collection circa 1952-1953

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4 black and white photographs, ca. 1952-1953, of Edith Essex in productions at the Portland Civic Theatre.

.02 cubic feet (4 photographs in 1 folder)

eng,

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6365502

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Essex, Edith Stevenson Ormandy

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Rice, Sally

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Zell, Julius,

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Portland Civic Theatre (Portland, or.)

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The first two decades of the twentieth century were golden years for live theatre in Portland. Evening and afternoon entertainment by stock companies, road shows and vaudeville flourished. By 1925, however, empty theatres caused by the disappearance of these performing groups energized three Portland women, Susan Farrell, Florence Bristol and Delta Spencer, "the founders," to organize a new company, the Art Theatre Players. Within a year they presented their first production, Henrie...

Barney, Margaret

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Essex, Edith Stevenson Ormandy, collector.

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Mrs. Edith Stevenson Ormandy Essex was a longtime Portland theatre personality and member of the Portland Civic Theatre. From the guide to the Edith Essex photographic collection, circa 1952-1953, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) ...

Henderson, Bob

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