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Title
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Shooting Star: Vaudeville and Hollywood Celebrities Beat a Path to the Door of KC Photographer Orval Hixon
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Description
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Kansas City photographer Orval Hixon had his studio just off the lobby of the Baltimore Hotel at 11th and Baltimore streets. "He photographed hundreds of performers from 1915 to 1930." The article includes photos of the photographer himself, Baby Rose Marie (1930); dancer Ann Alcova (ca. 1920); Al Jolson (1920); Marilyn Miller (1918); Marie Dressler (1919); Charles "Buddy" Rogers (1928); Sessue Hayakawa (1920); and cover photo of Joan Crawford (1924).
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Date
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2007-01-28
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Joan Crawford
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Description
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Head and shoulders portrait of Joan Crawford; photo autographed.
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Date
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1939
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Joan Crawford
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Description
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Head and shoulders portrait of Joan Crawford; photo autographed.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Joan Crawford
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Description
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Group portrait of N. Emerson Paton, Joan Crawford, and unidentified man.
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Date
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1960-05-25
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Past Lives: Still Intact
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Description
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1920s dance hall stage for such luminaries as a pre-Hollywood Joan Crawford, before waning interest for live music in the Great Depression.
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Date
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1979-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article