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Frank Sinatra

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Frank Sinatra
A rare collection of approximately 211 black and white snap-shots of Frank Sinatra, circa 1940-1945 and 25 corresponding negatives, including two snap-shots signed by Sinatra, various subjects include:
- Sinatra outside his home, Warm Valley, Hasbrook Heights, New Jersey, including some with his wife, Nancy and daughter, Nancy, some showing Sinatra fixing Nancy's dolls' pram and playing with his daughter;
- on the streets of New York and signing autographs for fans;
- Sinatra relaxing on the beach at Coney Island with friends and family;
- in his car to and from various performances and recording sessions, and backstage in dressing rooms;
- on stage during a concert for W.N.Y.C. radio at the Bandshell in Central Park, and other performances,
majority -- 5x3½in. (12.7x8.9cm.) or 3½x2½in. (8.9x6.4cm.), mounted with photo corners in an album

Literature

LAHR, John Sinatra: The Artist And The Man, New York: Random House, 1997, pp.5, 13 and 115 (illus.)
LIFE Magazine (Ed.) Remembering Sinatra: A Life In Pictures, New York: Time Inc., 1998, pp. 19-21 (illus.)

Lot Essay

See footnote to lot 183.
The majority of photographs in this lot are original snap shots taken by Flora Meltzer and some are duplicates of photographs taken by her friends.

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