Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2011.29.001
Accession#:
2011.29
Credit Line:
Donated by Renee Guerin.
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
Title:
Royal and Eleanor O'Reilly with instruments
Photographer:
Amy Lou Blood
Studio:
Ordway's Photo Shop
Place:
Juneau, Alaska
Year Range from:
1926
Year Range to:
1942
Description:
Black and white photograph of a woman sitting at a piano and a man standing behind her holding a double bass. Woman is in a striped dress with her hair pulled up. Piano blocks most of her body from view. Man is wearing a suit with a bow tie. Drapes in the background. Towards the lower proper left corner there is black text reading: "Amy Lou Blood \ ORDWAY'S"

Photograph is mounted on to a piece of matboard. There is a square pencil mark surrounding the photograph about .125—.25 of an inch from the photograph's edge. In the lower proper left there is a handwritten cursive note in pencil which reads: "To Amy Lou \ Our best wishes \ for success \ and happiness \ Royal and \ Eleanor O'Reilly".
Notes:
Royal and Eleanor O'Reilly were the most popular Night Club act of their generation, circa 1930's
People:
Guerin, Renee Penny Blood
Blood, Amy Lou
Barney, Amy Lou
O'Reilly, Eleanor
O'Reilly, Royal
Ordway, Fred
Ordway, Laura
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