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Description:: Mock-up manuscript page titled, “Impressions of the Opera,” by Adelbert Bartlett. The article describes a Santa Monica Civic Opera production of “Lucia di Lammermoor,” giving special attention to the performance by Betty Herrick in the title role. As with the article, most of the accompanying photographs feature Herrick. The article was intended for publication.
Date:: 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Manuscript titled, “Impressions of the Opera,” describing a Santa Monica Civic Opera production of “Lucia di Lammermoor,” giving special attention to the performance by Betty Herrick. Attached to the left-hand corner of the document is a photograph of Herrick holding a bouquet of roses during a curtain call. Article written for, “That’s It,” a periodical. Photograph taken in Santa Monica.
Date:: 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: A typescript letter written to Bartlett regarding the ordering of photos from the opera Rigoletto. One image referred to in the letter as "26" may be image ark no. 21198/zz002d42xs.
Date:: 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Photograph of a poster advertising a Santa Monica Civic Opera production of “The Marriage of Figaro,” with Gaylord Browne conducting. Opera performed March 8 and 9, 1958 at Barnum Hall, Santa Monica.
Date:: March 1958
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: It appears that Bartlett manipulated this poster to create a collage using articles and photographs related to this performance. (see "Relation" note).
Date:: 1957
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Poster mock-up for the Santa Monica Civic Opera production of "Hansel and Gretel." Production presented at Barnum Hall, Santa Monica.
Date:: 1957
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: A notice for this production, conducted by Gaylord Browne and performed by the Santa Monica Civic Opera at Barnum Hall, appears in the Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 1957: F8
Date:: 1957
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: It appears that Bartlett manipulated this poster to create a collage using articles and photographs related to this performance. (see "Relation" note).
Date:: 1957
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: The performance billed as “One Night at the Opera” was an event showcasing scenes from the association’s most popular operas. The presentation took place January 28, 1950 at Barnum Hall, Santa Monica.
Date:: 1950
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

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