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Zeransky's Collection of Western Film Ephemera
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| The Zeransky Collection consists of more than 4,000 items related to silent and western movie actors and actresses. Arcade cards, postcards, lobby cards, advertising cards (trading cards), Dixie Cup lids, milk lids, and ephemera, ca. 1910-ca.1960s. Rodeo photographs reproduced as arcade cards are also included in the postcard series. Examples of notable movie actors represented in the collection are Art Acord, William Boyd (Hopalong Cassidy,) Johnny “Mack” Brown, Yakima Canutt, Harry Carey, Fred Church, Ray “Crash” Corrigan, William Desmond, “Wild Bill” Elliott (Red Ryder), Dustin & William Farnum, Hoot Gibson, Monte Hale, William S. Hart, Jack Holt, Jack Hoxie, Buck Jones, Allan “Rocky” Lane, Bob Livingston, Tim McCoy, Leo Maloney, Ken Maynard, Tom Mix, Pete Morrison, George O’Brien, Jack Perrin, Tex Ritter, Roy Rogers, Buddy Roosevelt, Tom Santschi, Charles Starrett (The Durango Kid,) Bob Steele, Roy Stewart, Fred Thomson, Tom Tyler, Wally Wales, John Wayne, Ted Wells, and actresses Dale Evans, Ruth Roland, Eileen Sedgwick, and Lois Wilson. Below are just a few of the items in the collection. Please also view the Guide to the John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection. |
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Art Acord
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0026 |
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Gene Autry
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0096 |
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William Boyd
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0188 |
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Johnny Mack Brown
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0201 |
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Yakima Canutt
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0237 |
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Harry Carey
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0266 |
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Spade Cooley
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0343 |
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William Desmond
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0395 |
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William Farnum
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0455 |
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Hoot Gibson
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0527 |
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William S. Hart
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0594 |
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Jack Hoxie
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0692 |
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Jack Hoxie
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0229 |
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Buck Jones
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0253 |
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Buck Jones and Silver Buck
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0808 |
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Tom Mix
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.1163 |
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Tom Mix
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0328 |
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Buddy Roosevelt
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0384 |
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Bob Steele
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0390 |
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Fred Thompson
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0406 |
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Tom Tyler
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.1586 |
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Wally Wales
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.1601 |
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John Wayne
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.1618 |
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Will Rogers
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0380 |
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| Arcade Cards, Women |
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Dale Evans
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.1715 |
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Josie Sedgewick
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0438 |
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Edith Stirling
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.2070 |
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| Arcade Cards, Multiple Persons |
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Leo Maloney in "Obligin' Buckaroo"
Kermit Maynard in "Cow Country"
Jack Padjan in "Cowboy's Romance"
Pete Morrison in "Buckaroo Kid"
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.1813 |
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| Postcards, Movie |
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"War Paint"
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.5.0531 |
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| Postcards, Multiple Persons |
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Bill Cody and Neal Hart
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.5.0456 |
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Roy Hughes and Rex Bell
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.5.0467 |
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Stamp postcard with Lefty Flynn, Tex Maynard, Buzz Barton, Tom Santschi, Wm. Duncan, Rex Bell.
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| Milkcaps |
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Roy Rogers
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.3.0010 |
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Bill Elliott and Tex Ritter
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.3.0004 |
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| Cigarette Cards |
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Edwards, Ringer & Bigg, Imperial Tobacco Co.
Dustin Farnum
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.8.0234 |
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Player's Cigarette card
Thomas Ince
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.8.0251 |
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Player's Cigarette card
Ruth Roland
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.8.0263 |
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Stroller's Cigarette card
Thomas Meighan
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.8.0301 |
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Stroller's Cigarette card
Monte Blue
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.8.0415 |
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Stroller's Cigarette card
Jack W. Kerrigan
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.8.0374 |
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Will's Cigarettes card
Pete Morrison
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.8.0465 |
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Will's Cigarettes card
Antonio Moreno
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.8.0464 |
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Louise Lorraine
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.8.0344 |
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| Trade Cards |
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American Caramel Company, Lancaster and York, PA
Harry Carey
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.8.0024 |
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Neilson's Chocolate
Marie Prevost
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.8.0046 |
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Koester's Tosty Bread
Gladys Hulette
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.8.0468 |
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