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A Harper Goff photograph album including images of the "Firehouse Five Plus Two"
21 November 2017, 13:00 EST
New YorkUS$800 - US$1,200
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A Harper Goff photograph album including images of the "Firehouse Five Plus Two"
Approximately 253 black-and-white and 57 color photographs, gelatin silver prints, various sizes, 1920s-1980s, 78 pp, housed in a blue photo album. This heavily illustrated photo album/scrapbook includes 13 pages of photographs and clippings related to Goff's musical career with the "Firehouse Five Plus Two." Other photographs include many candids of Goff throughout his life; numerous family snapshots; Goff drawing designs for Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; a posed color portrait of the Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory crew on set; a color candid of Goff playing the banjo with a young girl, circa 1961 (the photo has animator Ward Kimball's name and address stamp to its verso; the girl is likely Kimball's daughter, Chloe); 5 color photographs of Ward Kimball's Grizzly Flats railroad station (circa June, 1979); Goff on a miniature railroad; and two images of Goff with director Richard Fleischer working on The Vikings. The ephemera in this album includes his Santa Ana High School Diploma, 1930, and Honor Society membership card; and a clipping about Goff's teenage filmmaking efforts. Also with letters, most notably an autograph letter signed ("Harper"), 1 p, July 16, 1935, in which Goff writes excitedly to his mother that he has been hired by Warner Bros.' Art Department.
Album: 2.5 x 12.5 x 16 in.
Album: 2.5 x 12.5 x 16 in.