House Peters as The Man and Beatriz Michelena as the title character in the California Motion Picture Corporation (CMPC) production of Salomy Jane, 1914. This shot is from the final scene, filmed at Lake Lagunitas in Marin County. The peak of Mount Tamalpais is visible in the distance. Based on a story by Bret Harte and adapted for the screen by Paul Armstrong, Salomy Jane stars Beatriz Michelena as the title character in this California Gold Rush era melodrama. It premiered in 1914 at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco and was the first feature-length production by the CMPC. Exterior shots were filmed in Marin County and the Russian River area of Sonoma County. The CMPC was located in the Sun Valley neighborhood of San Rafael, Marin County, between 1914 and 1921. The studio produced 15 films, including Salomy Jane, which survives in its entirety in the Library of Congress archives.

take some time away from everybody, with just your body

hello San Francisco!

Sincerely,

Me

1927 monochrome print ad for Naughty But Nice starring Colleen Moore

Children’s orchestra, The May Company, Southern California, 1931

William Randolph Hearst & wife & The Dolly Sisters

child model for the May Company, 1930

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Title card for The Sea Tiger (1927). Sold here.

Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway and Elizabeth Debicki as Jordan Baker in The Great Gatsby, 2013

a sample of the Stitchery being done by young people at the youth service center and to be shown at the yarn boutique in University Village along with an exhibit of crafts from many schools throughout the area from May 15th through May 20th (1967). Students will be at the Shopall day on Saturday, May 20th demonstrating the various crafts. The public is invited

knackered Albertina Rasch dancers from Broadway Melody of 1936. photo by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1935

Count & Countess Szechenyi at Hopi snake dance, May 15, 1926

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Alice Eve almost eats a taco in Star Trek Into Darkness

Vivian Libby, c.1910. with her second grade classroom. Vivian is seated in the second row in from the right - the girl with the big bobbed hair and sad eyes