DECCA MUSICIAN PREMIUM PHOTO LOT.
Item Description
Lot of 35 different 8x10” stiff paper bw photos with facsimile signatures plus “Exclusively Decca” phonograph record symbol at upper right. Though photo is bw, all have aged to uniform pale yellow. c. 1942. Reverse of each photo has list of Decca records available by respective performer. Possible set includes Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Lawrence Welk, Bing Crosby, The Andrew Sisters, Guy Lombardo, The Ink Spots, Connie Boswell, Carol Bruce, Bobby Byrne, Carmen Cavallaro, Bob Crosby, Jimmie Davis, Deanna Durbin, Glenn Gray, Woody Herman, Milt Herth, Hildegarde, Harry Horlick, The Jesters, Frances Langford, Jimmy Lunceford, Frank Luther, Mary Martin, Tony Martin, Clyde McCoy, The Merry Macs, Carmen Miranda, The Mills Brothers, Russ Morgan, Dick Powell, Elvira Rios, Dick Robertson and Ted Weems. Varying degrees of aging and handling wear. Mills Brothers photo has 1.5” crease in upper right corner. Most Exc. overall. From the Richard Merkin Collection and comes with Hake's COA.