Ted Malone Collection

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: Mechanical drawing of a lunar eclipse; A photograph of a schematic drawing of the lunar eclipse mechanics., No date; likely 1950s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten on back, "mechanics of a lunar eclipse."

: Members' penthouse in the Museum of Modern Art in New York; A shiny floor in the hall that leads to the member's penthouse in the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art in New York has two large paintings on the wall to the left, a large plant by the hall-length window on the right, and a sculpture of a torso leading into the next room. The next room is only set off by dividers., December 19-20, 1953, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Typewritten note on back, "Members' Penthouse of the Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street. Sculpture: LACHAISE, Gaston: Torso. 1934. Gift of Edward M. M. Warburg. Chairs: Charles Eames, designer. Tables: Avard. Curtains: Marie Nichols, designer & mfr. Chairs & Tables in lounge: Avard. Stamped on back, "PLEASE RETURN TO THE PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 St., New York." and "pictor pictorial services inc. New York City. This print No. 11 M 1 is sold subject to the limitations set forth in its corresponding invoice. If permission for reproduction is included it should be accompanied by the following credit line: Ezra Stoller. Credit may be omitted from reproduction upon payment of double fee. Caption."

: Metropolitan Opera audience look on as Pierre Monteaux conducts; The Metropolitan Opera audience (white women and men) looks on, some still approaching their seats, as Pierre Monteaux conducts., No date; likely 1950s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., On front handwritten print, "Sedge LeBlang ©." And then printed, "PHOTOGRAPHER." Handwritten on back, "PIERRE MONTEUX CONDUCTING." And stamped on back, "ONLY NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES MAY REPRODUCE THIS PHOTOGRAPH. PLEASE CREDIT Sedge LeBlang ©. PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE METROPOLITAN OPERA 147 WEST 39TH ST. N.Y. 18, N.Y. PE. 6-8640."

: Miss Darien, Dick Bertrandias, and Ted Malone; Ted Malone seated in a rocking chair, speaks into a NBC KPO microphone and holds a script as Miss Darien and Dick Bertrandias sit to his right inside the home of Joaquin Miller during a broadcast. A crowd (white women, girls, boys) stands in the open doorway with woods behind them. Dick Bertrandias sits in a rocking chair also., March 31, 1940, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Typewritten on back, "Miss Darien, Dick Bertrandias, and Ted Malone, 3/31/40." Stamped on back "Photograph by Robert Crawford, 235 Pine St., San Francisco, Telephone Yukon 1233-4. Reproduction rights reserved except over this credit line "Photograph by Robert Crawford.""

: Model of an Amazonian hunter shooting an arrow at the American Museum of Natural History; Exhibit of an Amazonian hunter bends his right knee and bends back to shoot an arrow into the sky at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, New York. Foliage surrounds him in the exhibit., No date; likely 1953, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Stamped on the back, "WARNING. On payment of the required reproduction fee, the purchaser of this photograph is licensed for one reproduction usage only. This photograph may not be duplicated, re-used, rented, or resold. The American Museum of Natural History retains all rights for future usage. The Credit Line Must Read: Courtesy of the AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. The American Museum of Natural History, New York 24, N.Y."

: Monument for Robert Browning on Joaquin Miller's property in Oakland, California; A rock monument to Robert Browning built by Joaquin Miller on Joaquin Miller's property., March 31, 1940, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten on back, "Erected by the "Poet of the Sierras" in honor of the "Soul Poet." Robert Browning who first put the stamp of approval upon the American Poet's work in England in 1871." Stamped on back, "Publishers,- Please insert the following credit - Clyde H. Sunderland, photo. Oakland, California. Clyde H. Sunderland Commercial and Aerial Photographs. Oakland, Calif. For additional copies of this print refer to No. 14860D."

: NBC broadcast from the Joyce Kilmer Memorial; An NBC Broadcast in front of Joyce Kilmer Memorial Shrine in Brunswick, New Jersey brings a group of people (white women, men, and one girl seen) to the front of the house. One gentleman watches the broadcast through an open window of the Kilmer home. The Georgian style home of Joyce Kilmer, 17 Codwise Ave, New Brunswick, NJ, has the front door on the left. A projecting glass, circular sign above the door states, "Joyce Kilmer Post No. 25. American Legion." An NBC microphone on a stand is in the foreground of the photograph with a man reading from a script and two man standing on either side of him listening. The crowd is behind these three men. There is a support system for two small trees in the foreground of the photograph. Three flags lean against the house., November 12, 1939 (air date), Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: New Poetry Room at the Library of Congress; The Poetry Room under construction at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. This is where Ted Malone's "Pilgrimage" was launched. Three arches to the left over the windows. Two bookcases at the end of the room. Two columns in the center of the room and one column on the wall to the right. There are several doorways at about the room., October 15, 1939 (air date), Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten on back, "The new Poetry Room at the Library of Congress under construction - the Pilgrimage was launched here. The mike was at the left by the window in the middle arch. From Dr. Joseph Auslander. Library of Congress. Washington, D.C."

: New York skyline at night; Birdseye view of the New York skyline at night., No date; likely 1950s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Stamped on back, "John Morrissey Gray Co. 51 East 42 Street N.Y." and "Photo by Edward Ratcliffe."

: New York skyline at night including the Empire State Building; Birdseye view of the New York skyline at night including the Empire State Building., No date; likely 1950s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: New York skyline at night including the Empire State Building and the East River; Birdseye view of the New York skyline at night including the Empire State Building and the East River., No date; likely 1950s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: New York skyline during a total lunar eclipse; Total lunar eclipse over the Manhattan skyline in New York on November 7, 1938. The moon is to the left of possibly the Empire State Building., November 7, 1938, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Typewritten on back, "#120824A Total Lunar Eclipse, Nov. 7 1938"

: Nighttime view of New York from a rooftop; A nighttime view of New York from the Empire State Building., No date: likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Noah Webster's house; Noah Webster's house in West Hartford, Connecticut is a two-story clapboard, Federal style house with shuttered windows and one chimney., October 13, 1940 (air date), Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten on back, "Noah Webster House #227 So. Main St. West Hartford, Conn. Please return to: Ted Malone 128A Cayuga Lane, Stratford, Conn. 06497. From H.C. Hamilton, 33 Walnut St., Hartford Mill Co. Conn. You have submitted a print of this, but no negative made."

: O'Henry's home in New York City; O'Henry's (William S. Porter's) home at 55 Irving Place in New York City, New York was an apartment building above a cleaning service and above a restaurant. A 1939 Chrysler is parked in front., December 15, 1940, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten on back, "O.Henry Home. 55 Irving Place. NBC Photo."

: O'Henry's old house in Austin, Texas; O'Henry's (William S. Porter's) old house in Austin, Texas is a farm-style house with a sunburst roofline truss on the front, a few broken shutters, gingerbread accents around the porch, and a gated, wood-plank fence. "University Studio" is printed in the lower right-hand corner., December 15, 1940, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Typewritten label attached to back, "O.HENRY'S OLD HOUSE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS." Handwritten on back, "Please return. Ted Malone. 316 W. 57. N.Y.C."

: Oak Room in the Plaza Hotel; The tables are set and ready to serve customers at the Oak Room in the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan, New York, New York., No date: likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten on back, "Oak Room - The Plaza."

: Oaks; The home of Booker T. Washington in Tuskegee, Alabama called "The Oaks". It is a large brick, three-story house with a porch across the front and one side of the house. There are floor-to-ceiling windows all the way around. Typed below the photograph, "The Oaks.", February 2, 1941 (air date), Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Stamped on the back, "From Quarles Studio, Tuskegee, Ala." Handwritten on back, ""The Oaks" Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee."

: Old House or Peacefield, Quincy, Massachusetts; Henry Adams' mansion, called Peacefield or Old House, in Quincy, Massachusetts., November 24, 1940 (air date), Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten on back, "Adams Mansion. Quincy, Mass. Sent by Henry Adams, State St. Boston."

: Oliver Wendell Holmes; A head shot photograph of Oliver Wendell Holmes wearing a bow tie outside the collar of his shirt, a suit jacket over a vest., January 14, 1940, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten on back, "Oliver Wendell Holmes."

: Oliver Wendell Holmes' Boston home; The exterior of the Boston, Massachusetts home of Oliver Wendell Holmes from 1871 to 1894, January 14, 1940, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten on back, "From Edward J. Holmes. - Oliver Wendell Holms." Typewritten note attached to the back, "296 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts …"he sunny street that holds the sifted few" …Background of the long, peaceful, and productive life of Oliver Wendell Holmes."

: Outside of the Paul Laurence Dunbar house in Dayton, Ohio; The outside of the Paul Laurence Dunbar house in Dayton, Ohio., March 3, 1940, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten on back, "#7 Dunbar House. From Ohio Archeological & Historical Society. Dept. of State Memorials. Columbus, Ohio." Typewritten note attached to the back, "A shrine in Dayton, Ohio devoted to the memory of Paul Laurence Dunbar, the young negro poet, who through his genius won the friendship of presidents and the admiration of the world."

: Paired off people sing during La Traviata; Paired off people (white men and women), one in formal dress, the other in Romany dress, sing to each other on the stage of "La Traviata", at the Amato Opera in New York City, New York. Handwritten on the bottom of the photograph, "35.", December 11, 1952, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten on back, "35".

: Palm Court in the Plaza Hotel; The Palm Court in the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan, New York, New York has a wall of mirrored French doors., No date: likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten on back, "Palm Court - The Plaza."

: Parachute Jump at Steeplechase Park; Seven parachutes with two riders each, are mid air during the "Parachute Jump" at Steeplechase Park in Coney Island, New York., No date; likely 1950s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten on back, "The Parachutes billowing just after they've hit the top of Steeplechase's famed Parachute Jump makes a pretty picture."

: Parlor of the Paul Laurance Dunbar home; The carpeted parlor of the Paul Laurence Dunbar home at 219 North Summit Street, Dayton, Ohio, has two unsmiling African American girls sitting on a love seat by a mantel with a clock on it. The curtains are lace sheers. A small table with a tablecloth, likely the family Bible, and a oil lamp sit in front of the window. A chair that matches the loveseat sits to the right of the windows., March 3, 1940 (air date), Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten on back, "Parlor, from Ohio Archeological & Historical Society. Dept. of State Memorials. Columbus, Ohio.

: Patrice Munsel and three other performers on stage during "Cosi Fan Tutti"; Patrice Munsel stands center stage with her head turned slightly to the right as she sings to a white man standing to her right performing in the opera, "Cosi Fan Tutti" at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Two other performers (white) stand to the left and right of the couple. All are in costume. The conductors hands and score are visible in the bottom left corner of the photograph., No date; likely 1950s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., On front handwritten print, "Sedge LeBlang ©." And then printed, "PHOTOGRAPHER." Handwritten on back, "PATRICE MUNSEL AND OTHERS IN COSI FAN TUTTI." And stamped on back, "ONLY NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES MAY REPRODUCE THIS PHOTOGRAPH. PLEASE CREDIT Sedge LeBlang ©. PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE METROPOLITAN OPERA 147 WEST 39TH ST. N.Y. 18, N.Y. PE. 6-8640."

: Patricia Anne Pound and Eddy C. Pound join characters from Uncle Remus; Patricia Anne Pound and Eddy C. Pound sit on the grass to the right of a doll of an Uncle Remus character, "Tar baby", which is holding two African American folklore character dolls also from Uncle Remus. The children hold live versions of two other Uncle Remus characters, Mud Turtle and Brer Rabbit. The characters that are not live are propped up by a stool with a woven seat., February 18, 1940, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten on back, "Patricia Anne Pound & Eddy C. Pound: Children of Dr. and Mrs. E.C. Pound, Atlanta, ga. Grandchildren of Mrs. W.C. Champlin. Hostess: Wren's Nest, Atlanta, ga. This picture made in yard of the Wren's Next - Tar Baby - Character Dolls - Live pets of mine & my grandchildren - Mrs. W.C. Champlin."

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