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John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection

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Container List
Series 1: Advertising Cards
Series 2: Arcade Cards
Series 3: Dixie Ice Cream Lids, Milkcaps
Series 4: Ephemera
Series 5: Lobby Cards
Series 6: Magazines
Series 7: Photographs
Series 8: Postcards
Series 9: Subject Files

Appendix: Advertising Card, Dixie Lids & Milkcap Names
Appendix: Arcade Card Names
Appendix: Ephemera Names
Appendix: Lobby Card Names
Appendix: Photograph Names
Appendix: Postcard Names

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GUIDE to the
JOHN ZERANSKY WESTERN FILM EPHEMERA COLLECTION, circa 1910-circa 1960

JOHN ZERANSKY. Collection, circa 1910-circa 1960.
13.8 cubic feet (1 document box, 3 flat boxes, 32 photo binder boxes).
Location: 0111-0118.

SERIES 1: ADVERTISING CARDS, ca. 1910s-1958, n.d.
BOX/FLR FOLDER TITLE/DESCRIPTION
024 Trade cards: American Carmel Company, Big League Cards, Koester Company, Neilson's Ice Cream Company, Shelby Gum Company, T.C.G.,Tip-Top Bakers, Topps, Unknown [2002.203.8.0001-2002.203.8.0231, 2002.203.8.0466-2002.203.8.0480]
  Cigarette cards: Carreras, Ltd., Cia Chilena de Tobaccos, Imperial Tobacco Company, John Player & Son, Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company, Schinasi Brothers, Inc., Tobacco Products Corporation, W. D. & H. O. Wills, Zigarettenfabrik Greiling A. G., Unknown [2002.203.8.0232-2002.203.8.0465, 2002.203.8.0481]
   
SERIES 2: ARCADE CARDS, ca. 1920s-1930s, n.d.
BOX/FLR FOLDER TITLE/DESCRIPTION
009 Acord, Art - Beery, Wallace [2002.203.2.0001-2002.203.2.0154, 2002.203.2.2137-2002.203.2.2143]
010 Bell, Rex - Byrd, Ralph [2002.203.2.0155-2002.203.2.0229, 2002.203.2.2144-2002.203.2.2158]
011 Calhoun, Rory - Custer, Bob [2002.203.2.0230-2002.203.2.0380, 2002.203.2.2159-2002.203.2.2163]
012 Daughtery, Jack - Greene, Lorne [2002.203.2.0381-2002.203.2.0551, 2002.203.2.2164-2002.203.2.2186]
013 Hale, Monte - Hutchins, Will [2002.203.2.0552-2002.203.2.0752, 2002.203.2.2187-2002.203.2.2216]
014 Ingram, Jack - Lupton, John [2002.203.2.0753-2002.203.2.0911,2002.203.2.2217-2002.203.2.2238]
015 McCoy, Tim - Mix, Art [2002.203.2.0912-2002.203.2.1062, 2002.203.2.2239-2002.203.2.2244]
016/ Mix, Tom [2002.203.2.1063-2002.203.2.1181, 2002.203.2.2245-2002.203.2.2268]
017 Montgomery, George - Preston, Wayde [2002.203.2.1182-2002.203.2.1299,2002.203.2.2269-2002.203.2.2276]
018 Randall, Jack - Ryan, Joe [2002.203.2.1300-2002.203.2.1415, 2002.203.2.1801]
019 Santschi, Tom - Sullivan, Billy [2002.203.2.1416-2002.203.2.1487, 2002.203.2.0845-2002.203.2.0851, 2002.203.2.2231]
020 Tearle, Conway - Wilson, Whip [2002.203.2.1488-2002.203.2.1656, 2002.203.2.2131, 2002.203.2.2136, 2002.203.0852-2002.203.2.0854]
021 Indians, Women, Multiples, Unidentified, Minature: Acord, Art - Stewart, Roy [2002.202.2.1657-2002.203.2.1906, 2002.203.2.2133-2002.203.2.3135]
022 Movies [2002.203.2.1907-2002.203.2.2045]
023 Animals, Rodeo [2002.203.2.2046-2002.203.2.2130]
   
SERIES 3: DIXIE ICE CREAM LIDS, MILKCAPS, n.d.
BOX/FLR FOLDER TITLE/DESCRIPTION
023 Barry, Donald - The Three Mesquiteers [2002.203.3.0001-2002.203.3.0016]
   
SERIES 4: EPHEMERA, n.d.
BOX/FLR FOLDER TITLE/DESCRIPTION
030 Acord, Art - Hale, Monte [2002.203.6.0001-2002.203.6.0159]
031 Hart, William S. - Mix, Tom [2002.203.6.0160-2002.203.6.0348]
032 Moore, Clayton - Williams, Guinn, Movies, Multiple, Television, Unidentified, Women [2002.203.6.0349-2002.203.6.0489]
   
SERIES 5: LOBBY CARDS, 1912-1935, n.d.
BOX/FLR FOLDER TITLE/DESCRIPTION
004/001 Acord, Art, Custer's Last Fight, 1912 [2002.203.7.001]
004/002 Acord, Art, Custer's Last Fight, 1912 [2002.203.7.002]
004/003 Acord, Art, Custer's Last Fight, 1912 [2002.203.7.003]
004/004 Acord, Art, Custer's Last Fight, 1912 [2002.203.7.004]
004/005 Acord, Art, Custer's Last Fight, 1912 [2002.203.7.005]
004/006 Acord, Art, Custer's Last Fight, 1912 [2002.203.7.006]
004/007 Acord, Art, Custer's Last Fight, 1912 [2002.203.7.007]
004/008 Acord, Art, Custer's Last Fight, 1912 [2002.203.7.008]
004/009 Acord, Art, The Show Down, 1921 [2002.203.7.009]
004/010 Acord, Art, The Show Down, 1921 [2002.203.7.010]
004/011 Acord, Art, The Show Down, 1921 [2002.203.7.011]
004/012 Acord, Art, The Show Down, 1921 [2002.203.7.012]
004/013 Acord, Art, The White Outlaw, 1929 [2002.203.7.072]
004/014 Desmond, William, A Broadway Cowboy, 1920 [2002.203.7.013]
004/015 Farnum, Dustin, The Buster, 1923 [2002.203.7.014]
004/016 Farnum, Dustin, Durand of the Bad Lands, 1925 [2002.203.7.015]
004/017 Farnum, Dustin, Iron to Gold, 1922 [2002.203.7.016]
004/018 Farnum, Franklyn, The Fighting Stranger, 1921 [2002.203.7.017]
004/019 Farnum, William, The Drifter, 1932 [2002.203.7.018]
004/020 Farnum, William, The Gun Fighter, 1923 [2002.203.7.019]
004/021 Gibson, Hoot, Dead Game, 1923 [2002.203.7.020]
004/022 Gibson, Hoot, Sure Fire, 1921 [2002.203.7.021]
004/023 Gibson, Hoot, no title [2002.203.7.022]
004/024 Hart, William S., Sand, 1920 [2002.203.7.023]
004/025 Hart, William S., Tumbleweeds, 1925 [2002.203.7.024]
004/026 Hart, William S., Tumbleweeds, 1925 [2002.203.7.025]
004/027 Hart, William S., Tumbleweeds, 1925 [2002.203.7.026]
004/028 Hart, William S., Tumbleweeds, 1925 [2002.203.7.027]
004/029 Hart, William S., Tumbleweeds, 1925 [2002.203.7.028]
004/030 Hart, William S., Tumbleweeds, 1925 [2002.203.7.029]
004/031 Hart, William S., Tumbleweeds, 1925 [2002.203.7.030]
004/032 Hart, William S., Tumbleweeds, 1925 [2002.203.7.031]
004/033 Hart, William S., Two-Gun Terror, [Return of Draw Egan, The Fugitive] 1916 [2002.203.7.032]
004/034 Hart, William S., Two-Gun Terror, [Return of Draw Egan, The Fugitive] 1916 [2002.203.7.033]
004/035 Hart, William S., Two-Gun Terror, [Return of Draw Egan, The Fugitive] 1916 [2002.203.7.034]
004/036 Hart, William S., Two-Gun Terror, [Return of Draw Egan, The Fugitive] 1916 [2002.203.7.035]
004/037 Hart, William S., Two-Gun Terror, [Return of Draw Egan, The Fugitive] 1916 [2002.203.7.036]
004/038 Hart, William S., Two-Gun Terror, [Return of Draw Egan, The Fugitive] 1916 [2002.203.7.037]
004/039 Hart, William S., Two-Gun Terror, [Return of Draw Egan, The Fugitive] 1916 [2002.203.7.038]
004/040 Jones, Buck, Blood Will Tell, 1927 [2002.203.7.039]
004/041 Jones, Buck, Blood Will Tell, 1927 [2002.203.7.040]
004/042 Jones, Buck, Blood Will Tell, 1927 [2002.203.7.041]
004/043 Jones, Buck, The Ivory Handled Gun, 1935 [2002.203.7.042]
004/044 Jones, Buck, The Ivory Handled Gun, 1935 [2002.203.7.043]
004/045 Jones, Buck, The Ivory Handled Gun, 1935 [2002.203.7.044]
004/046 Jones, Buck, Border Bridgands, 1935 [2002.203.7.045]
004/047 Jones, Buck, Border Bridgands, 1935 [2002.203.7.046]
004/048 Jones, Buck, Border Bridgands, 1935 [2002.203.7.047]
004/049 Jones, Buck, Border Bridgands, 1935 [2002.203.7.048]
004/050 Jones, Buck, Second Hand Love, 1923 [2002.203.7.049]
004/051 Jones, Buck, Treason, 1933 [2002.203.7.050]
004/052 Maynard, Ken, Gun Justice, 1934 [2002.203.7.051]
004/053 Maynard, Ken, Smoking Guns, 1934 [2002.203.7.052]
004/054 Mix, Tom, Daredevil's Reward, 1928 [2002.203.7.053]
004/055 Mix, Tom, Daredevil's Reward, 1928 [2002.203.7.054]
004/056 Mix, Tom, Horseman of the Plains, 1928 [2002.203.7.055]
004/057 Mix, Tom, The Fourth Horseman, 1933 [2002.203.7.056]
004/058 Mix, Tom, The Fourth Horseman, 1933 [2002.203.7.057]
004/059 Mix, Tom, The Fourth Horseman, 1933 [2002.203.7.058]
004/060 Mix, Tom, Flaming Guns, 1933 [2002.203.7.059]
004/061 Mix, Tom, Painted Post, 1928 [2002.203.7.060]
004/062 Mix, Tom, Painted Post, 1928 [2002.203.7.061]
004/063 Mix, Tom, Painted Post, 1928, 2002.203.7.062
004/064 Mix, Tom, The Rider of Death Valley, 1932 [2002.203.7.063]
004/065 Mix, Tom, The Rough Diamond, 1921 [2002.203.7.064]
004/066 Mix, Tom, Sky High, 1922 [2002.203.7.065]
004/067 Mix, Tom, Silver Valley, 1927 [2002.203.7.066]
004/068 Mix, Tom, Silver Valley, 1927 [2002.203.7.067]
004/069 Mix, Tom, Stepping Fast, 1923 [2002.203.7.068]
004/070 Mix, Tom, Up and Going, 1922 [2002.203.7.069]
004/071 Mix, Tom, The Untamed, 1920 [2002.203.7.070]
004/072 Mix, Tom, unknown, n.d. [2002.203.7.071]
   
SERIES 6: MAGAZINES, 1914-1993
BOX/FLR FOLDER TITLE/DESCRIPTION
002/001 Favorite of Filmland Westerns, May 1960
002/002 Hollywood Cowboy Heroes, 1981
002/003 John Wayne & The Great Cowboy Heroes, 1979
002/004 Liberty, Then & Now, 1974
002/005 Life, 1993
002/006 Movie Thrills, 1950
002/007 Movie Spotlight, October 1949
002/008 Movie Western, November 1950
002/009 Real West, March 1979
002/010 Reel Life, 30 Oct. 1915
002/011 TV & Movie Western, April, June, August, October, December 1959
002/012 TV Movie Western, March 1960
003/001 TV Western Roundup, 1957
003/002 Universal Weekly, 14 August 1914
003/003 Universal Weekly, Cover, Art Acord in"Rusters' Ranch," 13 Mar. 1926
003/004 Western Stars, November 1948, March - June 1949, July-September 1950
003/005 Wildest Westerns, October 1960, January, May, August 1961
003/006 Who�s Who in Western Stars, 1953, 1954
   
SERIES 7: PHOTOGRAPHS, n.d.
BOX/FLR FOLDER TITLE/DESCRIPTION
025 Acord, Art [2002.203.4.0001-2002.203.4.0328]
026 Autry, Gene - Dougherty, Virgil Jack [2002.203.4.0329-2002.203.4.0413]
027 Elliot, Wild Bill - Jack Hoxie and his Pal "Scout" [2002.203.4.0414-2002.203.4.0564, 2002.203.4.0859-2002.203.4.0861]
028 Jones, Buck - Morrison, Pete [2002.203.4.0565-2002.203.4.0722]
029 O'Brien, George - Webb, Harry, Women, Western Movie Stars, Western Western Film Stills, Western Film Actors, 90 Cowboys and Cowgirls Western Movie Star Pictures, Box No. 3, Western Movie Stars [2002.203.4.0723-2002.203.4.0858]
   
SERIES 8: POSTCARDS, n.d.
BOX/FLR FOLDER TITLE/DESCRIPTION
005 Acord, Art - Gilman, Fred [2002.203.5.0001-2002.203.5.0162, 2002.203.5.0361, 2002.203.5.0537]
006 Haines, Wm. P - Meeker, George [2002.203.5.0163-2002.203.5.0309, 2002.203.5.0532-.0533]
007 Mix, Tom - Women [2002.203.5.0310-2002.203.5.0360, 2002.203.5.0362-2002.203.5.0440, 2002.203.5.0534-2002.203.5.0536, .0519]
008 Multiples, Movies [2002.203.5.0441-2002.203.5.0531, 2002.203.5.0538]
   
SERIES 9: SUBJECT FILES, 1921-1994, n.d.
BOX/FLR FOLDER TITLE/DESCRIPTION
001/001 ACI Membership, 1991
001/002 Advertising Button, Ride-M-Ranch, Acord, Art, n.d. [2]
001/003 Arcade card inventories, 1990, n.d.
001/004 Art Acord, 1921, 1981, n.d.
001/005 Clippings, Acord, Art - Jones, Buck, n.d.
001/006 Clippings, Farnum, Dustin & William, n.d.
001/007 Clippings, McCoy, Tim - West, Dick, & Misc., n.d.
001/008 Clippings, Movie Life of Gene Autry, n.d.
FF1/D1 Clippings, Wayne, John, 1970-1978
001/010 Clippings, Wayne, John, n.d.
001/011 Container, box & envelope, 90 Cowboys & Cowgirls, Box No. 3, n.d., 2002.203.9.0001a,b
001/012 Correspondence, 1990
001/013 Movie Fliers, 1948, n.d.
001/014 Movie listing & envelope, Gibson, Hoot, n.d.
001/015 Penny Arcade Newsletter, 1990-1994, n.d.
FF02/D1 Placemat, Ride-M-Ranch, Acord, Art, n.d.
001/016 Price Lists, 1990-1991, n.d.
001/017 Publicity Materials, The All-Time "Top Guns" of Silent-Sound Films & TV Westerns, & Hoot Gibson, n.d.
001/018 Scrapbook, n.d.
001/019 Tex Jordon, 1974, 1975, 1982, n.d.




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