Between the Covers

Softcover. Oblong quarto. Measuring 12" x 9". String-tied flexible leather (with "Thomas L. Leedom Company, Bristol, Penna." in gilt on rear board). Some rubbing and light wear, very good, images near fine. Contains 17 large gelatin silver doubleweight linen-backed photographs attached on a stub, most with a Bond Brothers stamp on the verso. Each photo is approximately 9.75" x 8". One of the images is laid in, detached from the stub. Each theatre is identified on the verso, usually on a label. All of the theatres are from the west, usually identified by name, but always by location, including Delta, Colorado; Boise, Idaho; Spokane and Seattle, Washington; Phoenix, Arizona; Bozeman and Billings, Montana; Salinas and Crescent City, California; North Platte, Nebraska; Medford, Portland (2), and Salem, Oregon; and Juneau, Alaska. A few film posters are visible: *Sins of the Fathers* with Emil Jannings and *On Trial* with Pauline Frederick both released in 1928; and *Sea Legs* starring Jack Oakie and *The Last Dance* starring Vera Reynolds from 1930. The Thomas L. Leedon Company owned carpet manufacturer Bristol Mills in Bristol, Pennsylvania, and it is not unintentional that these images accentuate the intricate carpets in the lobbies and auditorium of the theatres. A wonderful collection of images showing the extravagant palaces created during the golden age of American cinema.

Item #413160