Mile Rock Light House just off San Francisco, California, after the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Ole Olson, two vaudeville performers – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Mile Rock Light House just off San Francisco, California, after the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Ole Olson, two vaudeville performers. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Mile Rock Light House just off San Francisco, California, after the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Ole Olson, two vaudeville performers
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The setting is Mile Rock Light, a lighthouse on a small rock about a mile off the Golden Gate, which made it an unusual place for a wedding party to pose. The record names the couple as Mr. and Mrs. Ole Olson, vaudeville performers, and dates the print to May 1924. Vaudeville was then one of the most popular forms of stage entertainment in America, touring theaters with a mix of acts. Pictures like this show how performers of the day sometimes turned remote or striking locations into publicity moments, and the lighthouse itself, isolated in open water, gives the scene its unusual character.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1924 May. |
| Subjects | Lighthouses--California--1920-1930. Weddings--California--1920-1930. Entertainers--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,762 × 6,066 px · prints to 16 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | tif09098_MileRockLightHousejustoffSanFr |
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