Los Angeles (Calif.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File
Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:
Willis Marks Papers
Collection
Identifier: M036
Abstract
Willis (Willie) Marks (1865-1952) was a screen actor in silent films and a stage actor. He directed his first plays in his hometown of Rochester, Minn. and by the 1888/1889 season he worked in St. Paul, Minn. During the early 1900's he moved to Los Angeles, Calif. and in 1910 played a minor part in the silent film, Over the Garden Wall. He was a member of the cast in the silent films: Mysterious Mrs. M (1917); The Unknown soldier (1917); The Jack-knife man (1920); Traveling on (1922); and...
Dates:
1841-1926
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
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Willis Marks Papers
Yarmukle, mid-late 1900s
Item
Identifier: B371.02.0002.00004
Abstract
Black satin yarmukle constructed of four triangular pieces sewn together with piping around the outer edge. Stamped inside with gold ink "GROMAN MORTUARIES 830 W. WASHINGTON BLVD. RI 8-2201". The mortuary is located in Los Angeles, California.
Dates:
mid-late 1900s