Betty Bard MacDonald photograph collection

Betty Bard MacDonald photograph collection, approximately 1870-1989

Overview of the Collection

Compiler

MacDonald, Betty Bard

Title

Betty Bard MacDonald photograph collection

Dates

approximately 1870-1989 (inclusive)

Quantity

809 photographic prints (4 boxes)
190 negatives (3 boxes)

Collection Number

PH1423

Summary

Photographs relating to Betty MacDonald's writing career and life and publicity photographs for the film of "The Egg and I"

Repository

University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu

Access Restrictions

Selection from the collection can be viewed on the Libraries Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator is required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.

Request at UW

Languages

English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Author Betty MacDonald (born Anne Elizabeth Campbell Bard) was born to parents Darsie and Elsie/Sydney Bard on March 26, 1907, in Boulder, Colorado. Her family moved often before settling in Seattle, where Betty attended the St. Nicholas School and Lincoln High School before graduating from Roosevelt High School in 1924. She later attended the University of Washington.

On July 9, 1927, Betty married Robert E. Heskett. The couple moved to a small farming community, Center in the Chimacum Valley, near Port Townsend. During this time, Betty and Robert operated an egg ranch. It was this experience that inspired MacDonald to write one of her most famous books, "The Egg and I." MacDonald left Heskett after four years of marriage, and returned to Seattle with her daughters, Anne and Joan.

Throughout the 1930s, Betty lived with her mother and sisters (Mary Bard, Dede Bard, and Alison Bard) in Seattle and was eventually hired by the National Recovery Administration (NRA) and then the United States Treasury Department. In 1938, she was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis and was admitted to the Firland Sanatorium in Richmond Highlands, Washington. She was discharged in 1939 but the experience inspired her to write “The Plague and I”.

She married Donald C. MacDonald on April 29, 1942 and moved with him and her daughters to Vashon Island. While Anne and Joan were in school, Betty and Donald commuted by ferry to Seattle for work each day.

MacDonald's first book, "The Egg and I," was published in 1945. It quickly became a bestseller and was eventually translated into many different languages. She continued to write many bestsellers, including "The Plague and I," (about her battle with tuberculosis), “Anybody Can Do Anything” (about surviving the Great Depression) "Onions in the Stew," (about raising her daughters on Vashon Island) and her best-selling children's books, the "Mrs. Piggle Wiggle" series and "Nancy and Plum."

The MacDonalds purchased ranch land in Carmel Valley, California in 1952. They moved there to ranch cattle in 1956, but continued to travel to Seattle periodically. In 1956, Betty was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She died in Seattle on February 7th, 1958, at the age of 49.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Photographs relating to Betty MacDonald's writing career and life and publicity photographs for the film of "The Egg and I".

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Alternative Forms Available

View selections from the collection in digital format

Restrictions on Use

Donor's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. However, most of the photographs were not created by the donor.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Processing Note

Processed by Paula Becker; Beck Prigot, 2017; processing completed in 2017.

Bibliography

Becker, Paula. Looking for Betty MacDonald : the Egg, the Plague, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, and I. University of Washington Press, 2016.

Related Materials

Betty Bard MacDonald papers , Collection No. 2344

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

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Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Bard-MacDonald family
		Bard family photograph album	between 1920 and 1929?
Box/Folder	item
1/1	1-1a	Betty Bard and five other women by trees Betty Bard stands second from right.	1922?
1/1	1-1b	Betty Bard and five other women sitting on fence Betty Bard sits third from right.	1922?
1/1	1-1c	Betty Bard and four other women in clearing Betty Bard sits at right.	between 1920 and 1929?
1/1	1-2a	Betty Bard and five other women on beach Betty Bard sits at front.	1922?
1/1	1-2b	Man sitting with pipe in front of United States Lighthouse Service building	after 1910
1/1	1-2c	Baby Written on verso: This is a poor picture but I can't find any others - She is very gay and laughing most of the time	between 1910 and 1919?
1/1	1-3	Woman with dog	circa 1900s
1/1	1-4a	Man in suit	between 1910 and 1919?
1/1	1-4b	Two men and two women sitting in field	between 1920 and 1929?
1/1	1-4c	Young woman	between 1910 and 1919?
1/1	1-4d	Man and woman sitting back-to-back	between 1910 and 1919?
1/2	1-5a	Three children in yard Middle child is possibly Betty Bard.	between 1910 and 1919?
1/2	1-5b	Child with chickens on lawn	between 1910 and 1919?
1/2	1-5c	Girl in field (possibly Dorothea "Dede" Bard)	between 1910 and 1919?
1/2	1-6a-b	Child on beach	undated
1/2	1-6c	Four women and two children sitting in front of house	undated
1/2	1-7	Alison and Dorothea Bard sitting on boulders	probably late 1920s
1/2	1-8a	Man (possibly Sidney Cleveland "Cleve" Bard) with dog, possibly Chimacum, Washington	undated
1/2	1-8b	Two young women (possibly Betty and Mary Bard)	probably 1920s
1/2	1-9a	Man in lot	after 1914
1/2	1-9b	Imperial Oil Limited service station	probably after 1914
1/2	1-9c	Imperial Oil Limited service station office Written on verso: This is the office where much laboring is done for the Greyhound.	probably after 1914
1/3	1-10a-b	Baby on blanket	between 1920 and 1929?
1/3	1-10c-11b	Woman (probably Betty Bard Heskett) with baby (probably Anne Heskett) Written on verso of duplicate of photograph 11a: Ma 1041, 413 Lowell	Summer 1928
1/3	1-12a-c	Anne Heskett standing near flowers, probably Chimacum, Washington	1930?
1/3	1-13	Joan and Anne Heskett riding a pony	circa 1933
1/3	1-14a	Girl (probably Joan Heskett) standing on lawn	between 1930 and 1939?
1/3	1-14b	Girl (probably Anne Heskett) standing on lawn	between 1930 and 1939?
1/4	1-15	Joan and Anne Heskett	circa 1932
1/4	1-16a	Betty Bard standing with skis in the snow Caption on page: It was pouring and raining when these were taken. Time 1 [ripped] Time - 25th Sec. Lens 8, Feet -15	January 24, 1936
1/4	1-16b	A woman (probably Dorothea "Dede" Bard) and Betty Bard in the snow	January 24, 1936
1/4	1-16c	Two women (probably Dorothea "Dede" Bard and Alison Bard) standing in snow	January 24, 1936
1/4	1-17	Dorothea "Dede" Bard, a woman (probably Alison Bard), and Betty Bard standing in snow	January 24, 1936
		Darsie Cleveland Bard (1878-1920)
Box/Folder	item
1/5	2	Darsie Bard rowing on Harvard crew team	circa 1900
1/5	3	Darsie Bard with satchel	circa 1900s
1/5	4-5	Darsie Bard and son Sidney Cleveland "Cleve" Bard	circa 1911
		Elsie "Sydney" Thalimer Sanderson Bard (1878-1957)
Box/Folder	item
1/6	6	Elsie Thalimer Sanderson as a baby Squyer & Wright, Auburn, NY (photographer)	circa 1879
1/6	7	Elsie Thalimer Sanderson as a girl Harvey B. Lindsley, Sunbeam Gallery, Auburn, NY (photographer)	1884?
1/6	8	Elsie Thalimer Sanderson in field Written on verso: For Grandma and Grandpa, with lots of love from Elsie. The Golden Wedding Day.	circa 1888
1/6	9	Elsie Thalimer Sanderson and brother James Sanderson F. A. Bowman, New Haven, CT (photographer)	circa 1892
1/6	10a-b	Sydney Bard holding baby	circa 1900s-1910s
1/6	11	Woman (possibly Sydney Bard) in hammock, holding dog	circa mid-1910s
1/6	12	Portrait of Sydney Bard McBride & Anderson, Seattle (photographer)	between 1940 and 1949?
1/6	13	Sydney Bard standing outside	circa 1950
1/6	14	Sydney Bard reading with dog, Vashon Island, Washington	circa 1952
1/6	15a-16	Sydney Bard reading with granddaughter Alison S. Beck, probably Vashon Island, Washington Art Forde and Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
		James Cox Sanderson (1885-1958)
Box/Folder	item
1/7	17	James Cox Sanderson with dog	circa 1892
		Bard siblings
		Mary (Bard) Jensen (1904–1970)
Box/Folder	item
1/7	18	Mary Bard sitting by wooden structure Written on verso: Mary in her favorite place, the farm.	circa 1906
1/7	19	Mary Bard with stuffed toy	circa 1907
1/7	20	Mary Bard, Betty Bard, and another girl on seesaw, probably Butte, MT	circa 1912
1/7	21	Mary Bard Jensen and Betty MacDonald Sydney Bard stands in the background.	August 1948?
1/7	22	Mary Bard Jensen and Betty MacDonald	August 1948?
1/7	23	Mary Bard Jensen, Joe Lippincott, and Betty MacDonald	August 1948?
1/7	24	Mary Bard Jensen, a man, and a woman holding fishing poles	August 1948?
1/7	25	Mary Bard Jensen with a man and a woman	August 1948?
1/7	26	Betty MacDonald, Mary Bard Jensen, and Elsie Thalimer Sanderson Bard	1949?
1/7	27	Mary Bard Jensen, Elsie Thalimer Sanderson Bard, and Betty MacDonald sitting together	1949?
		Jensen family
Box/Folder	item
1/7	28	Salli, Heidi, and Mari Jensen	circa late 1940s-early 1950s
		Dorothea Darsie Bard "Dede" Goldsmith (1915-1944)
Box/Folder	item
1/8	29a	Woman, possibly Dorothea Bard Goldsmith, standing by lake	circa 1938
1/8	29b	Woman, possibly Dorothea Bard Goldsmith, crouched on rock Scanned from negative	circa late 1930s-1940s
1/8	30	Dorothea Darsie Bard "Dede" Goldsmith and George "Mike" Gordon, Wenatchee, WA Written on verso: Apple guy Betty wrote about in Egg & I.	May 8, 1937
1/8	31	Dorothea Bard Goldsmith Scanned from negative	between 1940 and 1949?
		Goldsmith family
Box/Folder	item
1/8	32	Christmas card of Steve and Chris Goldsmith in crib Caption on card: Merry Xmas, The Goldsmiths	circa late 1940s - early 1950s
1/8	33	Christmas card of Steve and Chris Goldsmith in snow Written on card: De De, Goldie, Stevie, and Chris.	circa early 1950s
		Alison Cleveland (Bard) Sugia Beck (1920-2009)
		Beck family
Box/Folder	item
1/8	34	Betty MacDonald with Bard and Darsie Beck Bard stands in front; Darsie stands behind him.	circa 1950
Box/Folder	item
1/8	35	Sidney Cleveland "Cleve" Bard	circa 1911
1/8	36	Sidney Cleveland Bard, Betty Bard, Mary Bard, and two other children, Placerville, ID Sidney stands at left, Betty stands at center, and Mary stands at right.	circa 1909
		Don MacDonald
Box/Folder	item
1/9	37	Don MacDonald	between 1940 and 1949?
1/9	38	Don MacDonald sitting on ground with drink Scanned from negative	circa mid-1940s
1/9	39-40	Don MacDonald and another man Scanned from negative	circa mid-1940s
1/9	41	Texas Ranger Bivens and Don MacDonald standing in field	1946?
1/9	42	A man and Don MacDonald	1946?
1/9	43	Contact sheet of Don MacDonald standing outside Scanned from negative.Prints of 43-1, 43-2, 43-3, 43-4, 43-6, 43-7, 43-8, and 43-9 are included in the collection.	1946?
1/10	44	Don MacDonald standing in front of tree	1946?
1/10	45	Don MacDonald standing by shed	1946?
1/10	46	Don MacDonald standing on beach with drink	1946?
1/10	47	Don MacDonald standing by car	1946?
1/10	48	Don MacDonald sitting on bridge	1946?
1/10	49	Don MacDonald standing by cactus	1946?
1/10	50	Don MacDonald standing in front of stone building, possibly Philadelphia, PA	1946?
1/10	51-52	Don MacDonald standing in field Scanned from negative	1946?
1/10	53	Don MacDonald gesturing towards tree	1946?
1/10	54	Don MacDonald standing by tree	1946?
1/10	55	Don MacDonald and a woman sitting on pier railing	between 1940 and 1949?
1/11	56	Don MacDonald and another man sitting in chairs on lawn Scanned from negative	between 1940 and 1949?
1/11	57	Don MacDonald standing on path, possibly Carmel Valley, CA	between 1950 and 1958?
1/11	58	Don MacDonald lounging on lawn chair, possibly Carmel Valley, CA	between 1950 and 1958?
1/11	59	Don MacDonald drinking a beverage	circa 1970
1/11	60	Don MacDonald and a woman	circa 1970
1/11	61-62	Don MacDonald and a woman, Carmel Valley, CA Written on item 62: Don MacDonald + girlfriend, ranch	circa 1972
1/11	63	Don MacDonald and three people, probably Carmel Valley, CA	circa 1972
		Don and Betty MacDonald
Box/Folder	item
1/12	64	Don and Betty MacDonald walking down street	circa 1943
1/12	65	Betty MacDonald, holding dog, and Don MacDonald on beach	circa 1943
1/12	66	Betty and Don MacDonald standing on rock Scanned from negative	circa 1945
1/12	67	Betty MacDonald putting a marshmallow on fork held by Don MacDonald, Vashon Island, WA	1945?
1/12	68	A young woman, Don MacDonald, and Betty MacDonald having a picnic Scanned from negative	mid-late 1940s
1/12	69	Betty MacDonald, Don MacDonald, and a young woman Scanned from negative	mid-late 1940s
1/12	70	Betty MacDonald, Don MacDonald, and a man sitting in grass Scanned from negative	mid-late 1940s
1/12	71	Don MacDonald, Betty MacDonald, and a man standing outside a stone building Scanned from negative	mid-late 1940s
1/12	72	A man, a woman, a young man, Betty MacDonald, and Don MacDonald Scanned from negative	probably circa 1945
1/12	73	Betty and Don MacDonald with two men	circa 1945
1/13	74	Don and Betty MacDonald	circa 1945
1/13	75	Don and Betty MacDonald, holding camera	circa 1945
1/13	76	Betty and Don MacDonald by sign for Sandusky River, Ohio	circa 1945-1946
1/13	77	Betty and Don MacDonald in the bedroom of their Vashon Island house	1946
1/13	78a-b	Betty MacDonald, a man, and Don MacDonald, possibly Philadelphia, PA	probably 1946
1/13	79	Don MacDonald, Betty MacDonald, a man, and two women, holding guns and dead pheasants	circa 1947
1/13	80	Contact sheet of Betty and Don MacDonald on vacation	after December 1947
1/13	81	Don and Betty MacDonald and Virginia Lippincott	Summer 1948
1/13	82	Don MacDonald, Betty MacDonald, and two men, possibly Carmel Valley, CA	between 1950 and 1958?
		MacDonald daughters
		Anne Elizabeth Campbell MacDonald Strunk Evans Canham (1928-) Anne MacDonald Canham, born Anne Elizabeth Heskett, is Betty MacDonald's first daughter.
Box/Folder	item
1/14	83-85	Baby (probably Anne Heskett)	Summer 1928
1/14	86a-b	Girl (probably Anne Heskett) standing on lawn	circa 1934
1/14	87	Anne Heskett holding doll Scanned from negative.	circa 1938
1/14	88	Studio portrait of Anne Heskett wearing straw hat Jeffries, Seattle, WA (photographer)	circa 1938
1/14	89	Studio portrait of Anne Heskett Jeffries, Seattle, WA (photographer)	circa 1938
1/14	90	Anne Heskett	circa late 1930s
1/15	91	Anne Heskett on beach Scanned from negative	circa early 1940s
1/15	92	Anne Heskett and two young women on beach	circa early 1940s
1/15	93	Anne MacDonald eating on beach The girl standing second from the right of Anne MacDonald may be Salli Jensen, her cousin.	1946?
1/15	94	Anne MacDonald sitting on wooden post	1946?
1/15	95a	Betty and Anne MacDonald Cropped copy of photograph 139.	July 1946
1/15	95b	Photograph caption Text: "EGG AND I" MOVIE TO BE FAMILY AFFAIR -- A MacDonald wrote it and a MacDonald will act in it is the latest word concerning the International Pictures film version of "The Egg and I", the national best-seller published by Lippincott. Betty MacDonald (left) the beaming author, has just heard that her daughter Ann, age 18, will play a small role in support of Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray, top stars who will portray Betty MacDonald and her husband in the screen version of adventure in a chicken yard. International has announced that a location scouting party of top studio executives and technicians will journey to Washington's Olympic Peninsula on August 21, for a tour of possible settings under the guidance of the author, who wrote her book about that section of the Northwest.Originally attached to item 95a.	July 1946
1/15	96	Anne MacDonald sitting on log, probably Vashon Island, WA Scanned from negative	circa 1945
1/15	97	Anne MacDonald lying on beach, probably Vashon Island, WA Scanned from negative	circa 1945
1/15	98	Anne MacDonald and Donald Strunk, Vashon Island, WA	circa mid-late 1940s
1/15	99	A woman, Betty MacDonald, Anne MacDonald, two children, and another woman, Vashon Island, WA The boy sitting second from right may be Bard Beck, Betty MacDonald's nephew.	circa mid-late 1940s
1/15	100	Donald Strunk and Anne MacDonald leaving Mary Bard Jensen's house on their wedding day, 1716 36th Avenue, Seattle, WA	January 22, 1949
1/15	101	Photograph booklet Contains 8 photographs of Anne MacDonald, her first husband Donald Strunk, and a baby (possibly Betsy Strunk)	probably between 1949-1952
		Strunk-Evans family
Box/Folder	item
1/16	102	Donald Strunk and Betty MacDonald hugging, Vashon Island, WA	1949?
1/16	103-105	Betsy Strunk with a doll Art Forde and Fred Carter, Seattle (photographer)	circa 1952
1/16	106	Betsy and Johnny Evans with Santa at Frederick & Nelson, Seattle, WA	1954
1/16	107	Betty MacDonald and Betsy Evans feed Darsie Evans as Johnny Evans plays with blocks Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	circa late 1955
1/16	108	Johnny and Betsy Evans play with blocks as Betty MacDonald holds Darsie Evans Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	circa late 1955
1/16	109	Johnny, Darsie, and Betsy Evans play with blocks as Betty MacDonald watches Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	circa late 1955
1/16	110	Betty MacDonald holds Darsie Evans as Betsy Evans watches and Johnny Evans plays with blocks Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	circa late 1955
		Joan Sydney MacDonald Keil (1929-2004) Joan MacDonald Keil, born Joan Dorothy Heskett, was Betty MacDonald's second daughter.
Box/Folder	item
1/17	111	Joan Heskett holding bear plush Scanned from negative	circa 1938
1/17	112	Studio portrait of Joan Heskett wearing straw hat Jeffries, Seattle, WA (photographer)	circa 1938
1/17	113	Contact sheets of Joan MacDonald on beach, probably Vashon Island, WA	circa mid-late 1940s
item
114		[number not used]
Box/Folder	item
1/17	115	Joan MacDonald Scanned from negative	between 1945-1949
1/17	116	Joan MacDonald	1946?
1/17	117-118	Joan MacDonald sitting on wooden fence post	1946?
1/18	119	Studio portrait of Joan MacDonald Brooke (photographer)	circa 1948
1/18	120	Studio portrait of Joan MacDonald McBride & Anderson, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1949?
1/18	121	Joan MacDonald on beach	1946?
1/18	122	Joan MacDonald	1949?
1/18	123-125b	Joan MacDonald and Kern (probably Kern Devin)	1949?
1/19	126	Joan MacDonald on staircase in wedding dress	January 21, 1950
1/19	127	Joan MacDonald and Girard "Jerry" Keil's wedding photograph	January 21, 1950
1/19	128	Joan MacDonald Keil and another woman	between 1950 and 1958?
1/19	129	Joan MacDonald Keil and men in drag Joan MacDonald Keil stands at center, in black	between 1950 and 1958?
1/19	130	Betty MacDonald and Joan MacDonald Keil	circa 1952
1/19	131	Jerry and Joan MacDonald Keil, probably Victoria Island, British Columbia	circa 1956
1/19	132	Betty MacDonald, Joan MacDonald Keil, and a woman, possibly Carmel Valley, CA	circa 1956
1/19	133	Betty MacDonald, Joan MacDonald Keil, and two other people, possibly Carmel Valley, CA Scanned from negative	circa 1956
1/19	134a	Joan MacDonald Keil and Jerry Keil on lawn, probably Victoria Island, British Columbia	circa 1956
1/19	134b	Joan MacDonald Keil, Betty MacDonald, and Jerry Keil in front of the Genoa Bay Lodge, Victoria Island, British Columbia	circa 1956
1/19	135	Joan MacDonald Keil	1955?
		Keil family
Box/Folder	item
1/20	136	Girard "Jerry" Keil in military uniform	circa 1945
1/20	137	Joan MacDonald Keil holding Heidi Keil	circa mid-1950s
1/20	138	Heidi Keil	circa 1956
1/20	139	Heidi Keil standing by couch	circa 1957
1/20	140	Heidi Keil	circa 1958
1/20	141	Heidi Keil hanging upside-down from swing set	circa 1958
1/20	142	Heidi Keil standing by swing set	circa 1958
1/20	143	Heidi Keil and a young boy at a party	circa mid-late 1950s
1/20	144	Rebecca Keil at a birthday party	circa 1956
1/20	145	Rebecca Keil eating a hot dog at a birthday party	circa mid-late 1950s
1/21	146-148	Portrait of Tim Keil	circa 1963
1/21	149	Tim and Jerry Keil	circa 1960s
1/21	150-151	Rebecca Keil, Betty MacDonald, and Heidi Keil holding a basket of eggs Forde Photographers, Seattle, Washington (photographer)	circa 1955
1/21	152	Betty MacDonald and Heidi and Rebecca Keil decorating Easter eggs Forde Photographers, Seattle, Washington (photographer)	circa 1955
1/21	153	Rebecca, Heidi, and Tim Keil with Santa at Frederick & Nelson, Seattle	late 1956
1/21	154	Heidi, Rebecca, and Tim Keil with the Easter Bunny at Frederick & Nelson, Seattle	circa April 1957
1/21	155	Tim, Heidi, and Rebecca Keil	circa 1957
1/21	156	Tim, Heidi, and Rebecca Keil in front of bookcase	circa 1957
1/21	157	Tim and Rebecca Keil on tricycle, with Heidi Keil sitting next to them	circa 1957
1/22	158	Heidi Keil hanging upside-down on swing set, Tim Keil standing next to her with tricycle	circa 1957
1/22	159	Rebecca, Tim, and Heidi Keil eating Cheerios	circa 1957
1/22	160-161	Tim, Heidi, and Rebecca Keil wearing coats	circa 1957
1/22	162	Heidi and Rebecca Keil at Heidi's birthday party, with Joan MacDonald Keil standing next to them	circa 1957
1/22	163	Heidi, Rebecca, and Tim Keil at Heidi's birthday party	circa 1957
1/22	164-165b	Children sitting at tables at Heidi Keil's birthday party Heidi Keil stands at the head of the table; Rebecca Keil sits at the foot of the table, at left	circa 1957
1/22	166	Heidi and Rebecca Keil at kitchen counter	circa 1957
1/22	167	Heidi, Rebecca, and Tim Keil sitting on couch with other children	circa 1957
1/22	168	Baby (possibly Heidi Keil)	between 1950 and 1958?
1/22	169	Toddler (possibly Tim Keil) in a toy car	circa early-mid 1950s
		Betty MacDonald's grandchildren
Box/Folder	item
1/23	170	Contact sheet of baby sitting in chair and playing with blocks Scanned from negative	circa early 1950s
1/23	171	Contact sheet of two babies (probably members of the Keil or Evans family) playing with "Hudson Ferry" toy boat and in inflatable pool, probably Vashon Island, WA Scanned from negative	between 1950 and 1958?
1/23	172	Contact sheet of baby (possibly Johnny Strunk) playing outside and children at a birthday party, probably Vashon Island, WA Scanned from negative	between 1950 and 1958?
1/23	173	Two toddlers sitting under awning Scanned from transparency	between 1950 and 1958?
1/23	174	Baby sitting in inflatable pool; woman holding baby in background Scanned from negative	between 1950 and 1958?
1/23	175	Contact sheet Contains 4 images of a baby (probably one of the Strunk or Keil children) on a blanket, 2 images of the baby being held by Jerry Keil and a man (possibly Donald Strunk), and one image of a toddler holding a ball. Scanned from negative	probably between 1951-1953
1/23	176	Betty MacDonald reading Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle to Johnny Strunk, Betsy Strunk, and Heidi Keil Art Forde, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
1/23	177-178	Betty MacDonald reading Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle to Johnny Strunk, Betsy Strunk, and Heidi Keil Art Forde and Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
1/24	179a-180	Sydney Bard holds Heidi Keil; Betty MacDonald holds Betsy and Johnny Strunk Art Forde and Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
1/24	181	Betty MacDonald reading Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic to Betsy Strunk, Heidi Keil, and Johnny Strunk Art Forde, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
1/24	182	Betty MacDonald reading a book to Johnny Strunk, Heidi Keil, and Betsy Strunk Art Forde and Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
1/24	183-185	Betty MacDonald sitting on couch with her grandchildren Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer) People in photograph 183: (from left) Betty MacDonald, Tim Keil (on Betty MacDonald's lap), Darsie Evans (on Betty MacDonald's lap), Rebecca Keil, Betsy Evans, Heidi Keil; (in front) Johnny Evans	1955
1/24	186	Betty MacDonald giving cookies to her grandchildren Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1955
Box/Folder	item
1/25	187	Two girls (probably Joan and Anne Heskett) sitting on lawn with dog	between 1930 and 1939?
1/25	188	Joan and Anne Heskett riding a pony Larger print of item 1-13.	circa 1933
1/25	189	Anne and Joan Heskett sitting on steps, 6317 15th Avenue Northwest, Seattle Scanned from negative	circa 1938
1/25	190	Joan and Anne Heskett sitting on steps, 6317 15th Avenue Northwest, Seattle Scanned from negative	circa 1938
1/25	191	Anne and Joan Heskett looking at a globe, probably 6317 15th Avenue Northwest, Seattle Scanned from negative	circa 1938
1/25	192	Anne and Joan Heskett holding hands, probably 6317 15th Avenue Northeast, Seattle Scanned from negative	circa 1938
1/25	193	Joan and Anne Heskett standing on steps, probably 6317 15th Avenue Northwest, Seattle Scanned from negative	circa 1938
1/25	194	Anne and Joan Heskett Scanned from negative	circa 1938
1/25	195	Anne and Joan Heskett and a woman, possibly Dorothea Bard Goldsmith, sitting on wooden structure	circa 1938
1/25	196	Anne and Joan Heskett with a woman	circa late 1930s-early 1940s
1/25	197	Anne and Joan MacDonald and a dog sitting by fireplace, Vashon Island	1946
1/26	198	Anne and Joan MacDonald and a dog on beach	1946?
1/26	199-200	Anne and Joan MacDonald by a tree	1946?
1/26	201-203	Anne and Joan MacDonald in a field	1946?
1/26	204	Joan, Betty, and Anne MacDonald looking out the window, Vashon Island, WA Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1946?
1/26	205	Betty MacDonald, Anne MacDonald Evans, and Joan MacDonald Keil Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1955
Box/Folder	item
1/27	206	Betty MacDonald, Dorothea Bard Goldsmith, and Joan MacDonald Scanned from negative	between 1945-1949?
1/27	207	Betty MacDonald, Joan MacDonald, Don MacDonald, Sydney Bard, Anne MacDonald, and a dog with Christmas presents, Vashon Island, WA	1946?
1/27	208	Sydney Bard, Anne MacDonald, Betty MacDonald, Joan MacDonald, Don MacDonald, two women, and three men at kitchen table, Vashon Island, WA The woman sitting in front may be Mary Bard Jensen.	circa 1948
1/27	209	Betty, Anne, Don, and Joan MacDonald drying dishes, Vashon Island, WA	circa 1948
1/27	210	Don, Betty, Anne, and Joan standing on porch, Vashon Island, WA	circa 1948
1/27	211	Betty, Don, Joan, and Anne MacDonald sitting at patio table, Vashon Island, WA	circa 1948
1/27	212	A woman, Cleve Bard, Sydney Bard, Anne MacDonald, and Betty MacDonald, probably Vashon Island, WA	1949?
		Family gatherings
		Easter 1954, Vashon Island
Box/Folder	item
2/1	213	Jerry Keil and Betty MacDonald with Rebecca Keil, Heidi Keil, and a child (possibly Johnny Evans)	circa April 1954
2/1	214	Woman dyeing Easter eggs	circa April 1954
2/1	215	Jerry Keil, Johnny Evans, Betsy Evans, and Heidi Keil searching for Easter eggs	circa April 1954
2/1	216	Johnny Evans, Betsy Evans, and Heidi Keil holding Easter baskets	circa April 1954
2/1	217	Rebecca Keil, with Joan MacDonald Keil holding Tim Keil	circa April 1954
2/1	218	Johnny Evans and Rebecca Keil looking at Joan MacDonald Keil holding Tim Keil	circa April 1954
2/1	219	Anne MacDonald Evans, Joan MacDonald Keil, and Betty MacDonald	circa April 1954
2/1	220	Sydney Bard sitting by table with Easter eggs Tim Keil is in the background, being held by a woman.	circa April 1954
2/1	221	Salli Jensen and a man (possibly Phil)	circa April 1954
2/1	222	Betsy and Johnny Evans on couch	circa April 1954
		Other friends and family
		Identified
Box/Folder	item
2/2	223	Victor France Bleasdale in military uniform Written on photograph: To Betty + Donald, Kind thoughts-Vic	between 1950 and 1958?
2/2	224	Homer Truett Bone sitting at desk Written on photograph: To Betty M Donald with kind regards, Homer Bone	circa 1933-1944
2/2	225	James and Jane Callahan standing by waterfall, West Virginia	Summer 1951
2/2	226	Two boys (probably Boyd and Christopher Clearwaters) and a girl (probably Lynda Clearwaters), members of the Clearwaters family, holding "Merry Christmas from the Clearwaters" sign	1949
2/2	227-228	Anne Heskett, Betty Bard Heskett, George "Mike" Gordon, and Joan Heskett, Wenatchee, WA	circa 1940
2/2	229	Sylvia Gowen Wells-Henderson aboard MS Sven Salen Written on verso: Aboard M. S. "Sven Salen" enroute from Shanghai to San Francisco (+ incidentally Riverton and "Chest Diseases").	September 1946
2/2	230	Two girls, two boys, and a baby (probably members of the Hamllett family) Written on verso: Mary + Lewis Hamllett + 5 Redheads	between 1940 and 1949?
2/2	231	Woman holding Anita Norwood Written on photograph: Nita Norwood, 2½ weeks	late March 1950
2/2	232	Anita Norwood	circa October 1950
2/3	233	Susan Mari Sone as a baby Airola (photographer)	1951
2/3	234	Brownie Stewart (Estelle Jackson Brown) and James Stewart Written on photograph: Your Hollywood fans the Stewarts, who love the MacDonalds	after 1942
2/3	235	Jill Werner playing in snow, probably Scarsdale, NY	late 1951-early 1952
2/3	236	Carole and Jill Werner standing by steps, probably Scarsdale, NY	late 1951-early 1952
2/3	237	Members of the Puget Sound Travel Directors, Victoria, British Columbia	between June 17-18, 1933
2/3	238	Teacher and students of grade 3A at Trumansburg Central School, Trumansburg, NY People in photograph: (front row) Mary Proctor, Billy Baker, Nancy Carman, Carol Murphy, Betsey Lane, Carole Deane, Verna Hane; (second row) Harriette Marranca, Nancy Meddaugh, Patty MacCheyne, Emily Gregoire, Sally Neal, Judy Yager, Eleanor Predmore, Esther Rumsey, Bonnie Meddaugh; (third row) Lydia G. Sears, Charles Meeker, Juanita Regle, Jimmy Huttar, Jimmy Bennett, Jimmy Scott, Gwen Mount, Sharon Hatt, George Hopkins; (back) Jane Worthrup, Marion Decker, Billy German, Dick Wright, Teddy Tuttle, Harry Wellin, Bruce AllenWritten on verso: Absent: Brian Kaskela	between 1947-1948
	item
2/4-2/10	239-310	Unidentified 72 photographs of people who may be friends and relatives of the Bard and MacDonald families.	between 1910 and 1979?

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Container(s)		Description	Dates
		The Egg and I cover shoot
Box/Folder	item
2/11	311-312	Studio photograph of Betty MacDonald Leonid Fink, Seattle, WA (photographer)	early January 1945
		*"Life* Goes Calling on the Author of The Egg and I"** When The Egg and I sold 8,000 copies in a single day on January 22, 1946, Life magazine sent a photographer and reporter to provide its readers with a candid look into the MacDonalds' everyday life. The article appeared in the March 18, 1946 issue.
Box/Folder	item
2/11	313	Don, Betty, Anne, and Joan MacDonald gathering driftwood on the beach, Vashon Island, WA Nat Farbman, Life Magazine (photographer)	late January 1946
2/11	314	Don and Betty MacDonald fishing in Puget Sound, Vashon Island, WA Nat Farbman, Life Magazine (photographer) Written on verso: Donald and Betty fishing for sole in their skiff in Puget Sound just off their home	late January 1946
2/11	315	Joan, Don, Betty, and Anne MacDonald carrying firewood uphill, Vashon Island, WA Nat Farbman, Life Magazine (photographer)	late January 1946
2/11	316	Joan, Betty, and Don MacDonald carrying groceries along beach, Vashon Island, WA Nat Farbman, Life Magazine (photographer) Written on verso: Joan, Betty, and husband Don hike along beach with groceries for distance of about 3 blocks (from their car to home).	late January 1946
2/11	317	Joan, Anne, Betty, and Don MacDonald dragging boat onto beach, Vashon Island, WA Nat Farbman, Life Magazine (photographer) Written on verso: The family drags skiff from water after fishing excursion	late January 1946
2/11	318	Joan MacDonald looking through doorway, Don MacDonald standing by porch, and Anne MacDonald climbing ladder, Vashon Island, WA Nat Farbman, Life Magazine (photographer)	late January 1946
2/11	319	Anne, Joan, Betty, and Don MacDonald putting groceries on wood plank, Vashon Island, WA Nat Farbman, Life Magazine (photographer) Written on verso: Ann, Joan, Betty, & Don set groceries on [ill.] water [prior to?] carrying load uphill to log house.	late January 1946
2/11	320	Betty MacDonald in bed, holding apple and Sinclair Lewis's Cass Timberlane Nat Farbman, Life Magazine (photographer)	late January 1946
		Betty MacDonald in New York City
Box/Folder	item
2/12	321	Ella Logan, Albert Sharpe, and Betty MacDonald, New York City	probably between January 1 - April 6, 1947
2/12	322	Men and women with Betty MacDonald, New York City Ernemac Photo Service, New York, NY (photographer) People in photograph: (standing, left to right): Chip Boutell, Don MacDonald, Donald Gordon, Bessie Beatty, John Kieran, Bert Lippincott, Beatrice Gould; (seated): Mary Margaret McBride, Betty MacDonald	between January 1 - April 6, 1947
		Betty MacDonald in Philadelphia
Box/Folder	item
2/12	323	A man, Joseph Wharton Lippincott, Betty MacDonald, and Don MacDonald eating a meal, Philadelphia	late 1947
2/12	324	Joseph Wharton Lippincott, Betty MacDonald, and Don MacDonald eating a meal, Philadelphia	late 1947
2/12	325	Grant H. Redford and Betty MacDonald holding a copy of the November 1947 issue of Cosmopolitan, Philadelphia The November 1947 issue of Cosmopolitan contained a short story by Redford and an interview with MacDonald.	late 1947
2/12	326	Men and women looking on as Grant H. Redford and Betty MacDonald hold a copy of the November 1947 issue of Cosmopolitan, Philadelphia Don MacDonald stands third from left; Joseph Wharton Lippincott stands at right.	late 1947
		Washington Alumnus article
Box/Folder	item
2/12	327	Betty MacDonald pouring coffee, Vashon Island, WA	1948
2/12	328	Betty MacDonald on the telephone, Vashon Island, WA	1948
2/12	329	Betty MacDonald putting on makeup, Vashon Island, WA	1948
		National Tuberculosis Association
Box/Folder	item
2/12	330	New York mayor Bill O'Dwyer buys Christmas Seals from Betty MacDonald during a National Tuberculosis Association fundraiser, New York	late 1948
2/12	331	Betty MacDonald holding Christmas Seals for a National Tuberculosis Association fundraiser	late 1948
		Barbara Perine photographs
Box/Folder	item
2/13	332	Betty MacDonald pruning a plant, Vashon Island, WA Barbara Perine, Seattle, WA	circa 1948
2/13	333	Betty MacDonald with black kitten on shoulder, Vashon Island, WA Barbara Perine, Seattle, WA	circa 1948
2/13	334	Betty MacDonald watering plants, Vashon Island, WA Barbara Perine, Seattle, WA	circa 1948
2/13	335	Betty MacDonald holding a book open as Don, Joan, and Anne MacDonald look on, Vashon Island, WA Barbara Perine, Seattle, WA	circa 1948
		*"It All Happened to Me" (Saturday Evening Post* )**
Box/Folder	item
2/14	336	Mary Bard Jensen and Betty MacDonald sitting at table with two boys and a girl Ivan Dmitri (photographer) Scanned from negative	1950
2/14	337	Don MacDonald, Anne MacDonald, and Sydney Bard watch a woman (probably Joan MacDonald) gesturing, as Betty MacDonald holds a dog and Donald Strunk crouches by fireplace Ivan Dmitri (photographer) Scanned from negative	1950
2/14	338	Betty MacDonald, holding postcard, and Mary Bard Jensen in bookstore Ivan Dmitri (photographer) Scanned from negative	1950
2/14	339	Betty MacDonald and Mary Bard Jensen laughing in bookstore Ivan Dmitri (photographer) Scanned from negative	1950
2/14	340	Anne MacDonald pouring drink; Joan, Betty, and Don MacDonald and Sydney Bard sitting at table Ivan Dmitri (photographer) Scanned from negative	1950
2/14	341-342	Betty MacDonald holding document as Sydney Bard looks on Ivan Dmitri (photographer) Scanned from negative	1950
2/14	343	Mary Bard Jensen and Betty MacDonald sitting at a table with a man, probably Pike Place Market, Seattle Ivan Dmitri (photographer) Scanned from negative	1950
2/14	344	Anne MacDonald sitting on Donald Strunk's lap Ivan Dmitri (photographer) Scanned from negative	1950
2/14	345	Don and Betty MacDonald standing in shop Ivan Dmitri (photographer) Scanned from negative	1950
2/14	346	Joan, Betty, and Anne MacDonald and a dog Ivan Dmitri (photographer) Scanned from negative	1950
2/14	347-348	MacDonald house, Vashon Island, WA Ivan Dmitri (photographer) Scanned from negative	1950
		Real estate brochure
Box/Folder	item
2/15	349	Betty MacDonald standing in doorway, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde, Seattle, WA (photographer) Art Forde was probably the photographer for this photograph.	1952
2/15	350	Betty MacDonald standing on stone walkway, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde, Seattle, WA (photographer) Art Forde was probably the photographer for this photograph.	1952
2/15	351	Anne MacDonald Evans and Betty MacDonald in bathing suits, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
2/15	352	Woman (either Anne MacDonald Evans or Betty MacDonald) sunbathing, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde, Seattle, WA (photographer) Art Forde was probably the photographer for this photograph.	1952
2/15	353	Betty MacDonald sitting on porch railing, holding a magazine, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde and Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
2/15	354	Betty MacDonald descending staircase, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde and Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
2/15	355	Betty and Don MacDonald sitting by fireplace, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde and Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
2/15	356	Don MacDonald serving drinks to Betty MacDonald (holding Betsy Evans), as Anne MacDonald Evans and Sydney Bard (holding cat) watch, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde and Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
2/15	357	Betty MacDonald holding flowers, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde and Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
2/15	358	Betty MacDonald holding tray of drinks, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde, Seattle, WA (photographer) Art Forde was probably the photographer for this photograph.	1952
2/15	359	Betty MacDonald holding tray of drinks, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde and Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
2/15	360	Betty MacDonald holding tray of drinks, Vashon Island, WA Forde Photographers, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
2/16	361	Betty MacDonald spraying Betsy Evans with water, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde and Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
2/16	362	Betty MacDonald and Betsy Evans (in pool), Vashon Island, WA Art Forde and Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
2/16	363	Don and Betty MacDonald standing downhill from their house, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde and Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
2/16	364-365	Don MacDonald and a dog on beach, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde and Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
2/16	366	Betty MacDonald holding fishing rod, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde and Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
2/16	367	Betty MacDonald casting fishing rod, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde and Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
2/16	368	Betty MacDonald holding fishing rod with fish, Vashon Island, WA Forde Photographers, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
2/16	369	Don MacDonald removing fish from fishing rod held by Betty MacDonald, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde and Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
2/16	370	Betty MacDonald digging for clams on beach, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde and Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
2/16	371	Betty MacDonald with a dog on beach, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde and Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
2/16	372	Betty and Don MacDonald holding pieces of driftwood, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde and Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
2/17	373	Betty and Don MacDonald holding bucket on beach, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde and Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
2/17	374	Betty MacDonald washing a window of her house, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
2/17	375	Betty MacDonald on rocks, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde and Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
2/17	376	Betty MacDonald inspecting a plant, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde and Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
2/17	377	Three ducks by barn, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
2/17	378-379	Living room of MacDonald house, Vashon Island, WA Forde Photographers, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1952
2/17	380	Real estate brochure	1952
		Book promotion
Box/Folder	item
2/18	381	Betty MacDonald autographing copies of The Egg and I, possibly Rhodes Brothers, Tacoma, WA Johnson-Kemp Commercial Photographers, Tacoma, WA (photographer)	1946
2/18	382-383	Betty MacDonald autographing copies of Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, possibly Frederick & Nelson, Seattle, WA Roy Leiser, Seattle, Washington (photographer)	1947
2/18	384	Betty MacDonald autographing copies of The Egg and I and Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, Portland, OR	1947
2/18	385	Display celebrating Grant H. Redford and Betty MacDonald in November 1947 issue of Cosmopolitan	circa November 1947
2/18	386	Woman, possibly Frederick & Nelson book manager Sara "Sally" Ployart, standing by display celebrating serialization of The Plague and I in Good Housekeeping, Frederick & Nelson, Seattle, WA	August 1948?
2/18	387	Display celebrating serialization of The Plague and I in Good Housekeeping , Frederick & Nelson, Seattle, WA	August 1948?
2/18	388	Display celebrating serialization of The Plague and I in Good Housekeeping , probably Frederick & Nelson, Seattle, WA	August 1948?
2/18	389-391	Betty MacDonald autographing copies of The Egg and I at Simpson's Department Store, Toronto, Ontario Nott and Merill, Toronto, Canada (photographer) Caption on verso of photograph 391: Autographing Party - Simpson's, Toronto. Miss Ann Orford, Manager, Book Department. T. F. Pike, Longmans. Miss F. Reid, Assistant Manager, Book Dept. Betty MacDonald.	December 8, 1948
2/19	392	J. B. Lippincott Company booth, including Betty MacDonald's Anybody Can Do Anything, at the American Library Association Conference, Cleveland, Ohio	between July 16-22, 1950
2/19	393	Book display for Betty MacDonald's Anybody Can Do Anything at Frederick & Nelson, Seattle, WA Art Forde and Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	circa August 1950
2/19	394	Betty MacDonald sitting at typewriter for Anybody Can Do Anything publicity campaign, probably Vashon Island, WA Art Forde, Seattle, WA (photographer)	1950
2/19	395	Betty MacDonald writing letter (probably to Bernice Baumgarten) forAnybody Can Do Anything publicity campaign, probably Vashon Island, WA	November 8, 1950
2/19	396-397	Betty MacDonald autographing copy of Anybody Can Do Anything , probably Vashon Island, WA	probably November 8, 1950
2/19	398	Betty MacDonald autographing copy of Anybody Can Do Anything , probably Vashon Island, WA Art Forde and Fred Carter, Seattle, WA (photographer)	probably November 8, 1950
2/19	399	Betty MacDonald with display for Onions in the Stew Alfred A. Monner, The Journal, Portland, Oregon (photographer)	circa May 19, 1955
2/19	400	Betty MacDonald autographing copies of Onions in the Stew Alfred A. Monner, The Journal, Portland, Oregon (photographer)	circa May 19, 1955
2/19	401	Betty MacDonald holding copies of Onions in the Stew Alfred A. Monner, The Journal, Portland, Oregon (photographer)	circa May 19, 1955
2/19	402	Woman holding copy of Onions in the Stew, surrounded by Seafair Pirates at the Seattle Seafair Forde Photographers, Seattle, WA (photographer) Stamped on verso: Exclusive Photo from Greater Seattle News Bureau	1955 or later
		Interviews
Box/Folder	item
2/20	403-404	Betty MacDonald being interviewed by a man (possibly Grant H. Redford) on radio, possibly Philadelphia, PA	circa November 1947
2/20	405	A man, Frederick & Nelson book manager Sara Ployart, and Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter Suzanne Martin interview Betty MacDonald about The Plague and I on radio station KOL, Seattle, WA Adams News Company, Seattle, WA (photographer) From accompanying material: Hear the "big three" in the Seattle book field on SCANNING THE MAGAZINES, radio station KOL, 1300 on your radio dial, Sunday, July 25th at 2 PM... Betty MacDonald, "The Egg and I", Suzanne Martin, Seattle Post Intelligencer, Sara Ployart, Frederick & Nelson's Dept. Store, discussing Betty MacDonald's newest release, "The Plague and I", the first installment of which appears in the August issue GOOD HOUSEKEEPING magazine, just out.	circa July 22, 1948
2/20	406	Betty MacDonald on radio station KOMO, Seattle, WA Roy Leiser, Seattle, WA (photographer)	between January-June 1948
2/20	407	Radio station KOMO president Oliver William Fisher and Betty MacDonald holding eggs, Seattle, WA Roy Leiser, Seattle, WA (photographer)	between January-June 1948
2/20	408	A woman interviewing Betty MacDonald on radio station KOMO, Seattle, WA	between November 1954-January 1955
2/20	409	A man interviewing Betty MacDonald on radio	between November 1954-January 1955
2/20	410	A man interviewing Betty MacDonald	between November 1954-January 1955
2/20	411	A woman and Betty MacDonald sitting on a couch in a recording studio	before January 1955
2/20	412	A woman interviewing Betty MacDonald on radio	before January 1955
2/20	413	A woman interviewing Betty MacDonald in a recording studio	before January 1955
		Restaurant photographs
Box/Folder	item
2/21	414	Betty and Don MacDonald with a man and a woman at the Fox and Hounds Club, 448 Beacon Street, Boston Written on frame by Betty MacDonald: The dullest people in the world. I don't remember their names.	probably circa February 1946
2/21	415	William Follen, Anne MacDonald, Don MacDonald, Betty MacDonald, Harold Gartley, Joan MacDonald, and Jean Culbertson Gartley at the Empire Room at the Palmer House, 17 East Monroe Street, Chicago Written on verso by Betty MacDonald: Bill Follen - Lippincott, Anne, Don, Me, Harold Gartley (salesman Lippincott), Joan, Jean Gartley (threw up in her lap just a little later)	probably between April 12-14, 1946
2/21	416	Betty, Don, Anne, and Joan MacDonald with a woman and three men at the Trocadero, 3565 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco Written on frame: To a beautiful red head we all love very much sign my [ill.] next will you Cheryl, Joanie doll (here). To the nicest author in the world, Jim. Dear Momey, You're a real [swell?] kid -- Hope I get to know you better. Love + kisses, Andy. What can I say, Thanks, "Bill".Written on frame of duplicate: The most charming people I've met. Thanks for one swell night not my last in San Francisco I hope. Bill. To my Joanie. Art Wall. Your wonderful!! Jim. For Nudle head. From Fat Face. To Two Tone from [Sonotone?].	probably late June 1946
2/21	417	Anne, Don, Joan, and Betty MacDonald and Mary Bard Jensen with Bob Rains, Mary Kauffman, and Victor Bleasdale at the Trocadero, 3565 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco People in photograph: (front) Bob Rains, Joan MacDonald, Mary Bard Jensen; (back) Mary Kauffman (left), Anne MacDonald (second from left), Don MacDonald (third from left), Betty MacDonald (second from right), Victor Bleasdale (right)	circa June 30, 1946
2/21	418	Betty MacDonald at the Frolics Theatre-Restaurant, 951 East 55th Street, Chicago	1946?
2/21	419	Don and Betty MacDonald with Alison Bard and Frank Sugia at the Aquarium Restaurant, 711 7th Avenue, New York	1947
box-folder:oversize
OS7	420	Don McDonald, Betty MacDonald, and Sydney Bard with a women and a man at the Copacabana, 10 East 60th Street, New York	before 1948
		Studio portraits
box-folder:oversize	item
OS7	421	Studio portrait of Betty MacDonald McBride & Anderson, Seattle, WA (photographer)	circa mid-late 1940s
OS7	422	Profile of Betty MacDonald Dolph Zubick (photographer)	circa 1945
Box/Folder
2/22	423	Studio portrait of Betty MacDonald McBride & Anderson, Seattle, WA (photographer)	circa 1948
2/22	424-430b	Studio portrait of Betty MacDonald	circa 1956
Box/Folder	item
2/23	431	Betty Bard and five other women sitting with mugs Betty Bard sits at right.	1922?
2/23	432	Betty Bard and five other women in front of building Betty Bard stands at right, in back.	1922?
2/23	433	Betty Bard Heskett sitting in chair	between 1930 and 1939?
2/23	434	Betty Bard Heskett and wooden pallets, Wenatchee, WA	circa 1938
2/23	435	Betty Bard posing on beach	circa 1940
2/23	436	Betty Bard standing on dock	circa 1940
2/23	437	Betty MacDonald posing by car	circa 1945
2/23	438	Betty MacDonald standing by field	circa 1945-1946
2/23	439	Betty MacDonald standing in field	circa 1945-1946
2/23	440	Betty MacDonald holding snowball	circa 1945-1946
2/24	441	Betty MacDonald standing by United States Geological Survey marker	1946?
2/24	442-443	Betty MacDonald standing by cactus	1946?
2/24	444-445	Betty MacDonald standing by stone building, probably Philadelphia	1946
2/24	446	Betty MacDonald riding the MV Illahee between Seattle and Vashon Island	1946
2/24	447	Betty and Don MacDonald with a group of men and women	1946?
2/24	448	Betty MacDonald and a man (probably a relative), possibly Philadelphia, PA	1946?
2/24	449	Betty MacDonald with a man and a woman (probably relatives), possibly Philadelphia, PA	1946?
2/24	450	Betty MacDonald holding hose, Vashon Island, WA	circa 1948
2/24	451	Betty MacDonald standing by porch of her house on Vashon Island, WA	circa 1948
2/25	452-453	Betty MacDonald setting table, Vashon Island, WA	1948
2/25	454	Betty MacDonald cooking, Vashon Island, WA	probably 1948
2/25	455	Betty MacDonald swimming with two girls	between 1940 and 1949?
2/25	456	Betty MacDonald sitting on log, holding dog, probably Vashon Island, WA	between 1940 and 1949?
2/25	457	Betty MacDonald sitting on log, playing with dog, probably Vashon Island, WA	between 1940 and 1949?
2/25	458	Betty MacDonald standing on beach, holding box, probably Vashon Island, WA	between 1940 and 1949?
2/25	459	Betty MacDonald toasting marshmallows in fireplace, Vashon Island, WA	between 1940 and 1949?
2/25	460	Betty MacDonald standing by plants with trowel, probably Vashon Island, WA	between 1940 and 1949?
2/25	461	Mrs. Harvey Springer (probably LaWayne Elizabeth Miles), Betty MacDonald, and Dorothea Henrietta Munger Skaith at the Junior League Ball, probably Toronto, Ontario Ashley & Crippen (photographer) Caption on verso: (for inclusion in Mayfair)	between 1940 and 1949?
2/25	462	Betty MacDonald Scanned from negative	between 1940 and 1949?
2/25	463	Betty MacDonald standing on porch	circa mid-1940s
3/1	464-465	Betty MacDonald and a man, possibly Joseph Wharton Lippincott Scanned from negative	circa mid-1940s
3/1	466	Betty MacDonald and a man	circa mid-1940s
3/1	467	Betty MacDonald and a woman standing in front of a house	circa mid-1940s-1950s
3/1	468	Betty MacDonald holding gardening tool, probably Vashon Island, WA Scanned from negative	circa mid-1940s-1950s
3/1	469	Betty MacDonald sitting on log on beach, probably Vashon Island, WA	circa mid-1940s-1950s
3/1	470-471	Betty MacDonald and a man gathering clams on beach, probably Vashon Island, WA	circa mid-1940s-1950s
3/1	472	Betty MacDonald during Bishop libel trial, King County Superior Court, Seattle	February 1951
3/1	473	Betty MacDonald at typewriter, probably Vashon Island, WA Forde Photographers, Seattle, WA (photographer)	circa 1954
3/1	474	A man (possibly J. B. Lippincott editor George W. Stevens) and Betty MacDonald walking down the street in Seattle	1955
3/1	475	Betty MacDonald standing on porch	circa 1956
3/2	476	Silhouette portrait of Betty MacDonald Kay Orr Walker (artist)	circa mid-1940s-1950s

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Container(s)		Description	Dates
		905 East Howe Street, Seattle
Box/Folder	item
3/3	477	Front view of 905 East Howe Street, Seattle Forde Photographers, Seattle, WA (photographer)	probably late 1952
3/3	478	Overhead view of 905 East Howe Street, Seattle Forde Photographers, Seattle, WA (photographer)	probably late 1952
3/3	479	Front right of 905 East Howe Street, Seattle	between 1930 and 1939?-1940s
3/3	480	Front door, 905 East Howe Street, Seattle	between 1930 and 1939?-1940s
3/3	481	Steps leading to 905 East Howe Street, Seattle Written on verso: Poor camera. Enlarged from my small negatives. This picture was taken a little above where the walk leads into where we enter our door which is under the porch as seen in another picture walk around the bottom of the granite wall this way from which the full length of the house is taken.	between 1930 and 1939?-1940s
3/3	482	Side garden, 905 East Howe Street, Seattle	between 1930 and 1939?-1940s
3/3	483	Lake Union as seen from 905 East Howe Street, Seattle	between 1930 and 1939?-1940s
3/3	484	Front door and garden, 905 East Howe Street, Seattle	between 1930 and 1939?-1940s
		11814 Dolphin Point Trail, Vashon Island
Box/Folder	item
3/4	485a-b	Side view of 11814 Dolphin Point Trail, Vashon Island Written on verso of photograph 485a by Betty MacDonald: Our house on the island as it used to be	1947
		Landslide
Box/Folder	item
3/4	486	Don MacDonald pointing to crack on porch floor, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde, Seattle, WA (photographer)	probably February 1951
3/4	487	Don MacDonald standing by fallen trees, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde, Seattle, WA (photographer)	probably February 1951
3/4	488-489	Don MacDonald standing by fallen trees along path, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde, Seattle, WA (photographer)	probably February 1951
3/4	490-491	Don MacDonald standing on path, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde, Seattle, WA (photographer) Written on verso: Directly in back of house	probably February 1951
3/4	492	Don MacDonald standing by beach hillside, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde, Seattle, WA (photographer)	probably February 1951
3/4	493	Don MacDonald standing on hillside, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde, Seattle, WA (photographer)	probably February 1951
3/4	494	Don MacDonald standing by fallen trees on hillside, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde, Seattle, WA (photographer)	probably February 1951
3/5	495	Don MacDonald pointing to uprooted tree on hillside, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde, Seattle, WA (photographer)	probably February 1951
3/5	496-497	Don MacDonald pointing to hillside, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde, Seattle, WA (photographer)	probably February 1951
3/5	498-500	Landslide damage by house, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde, Seattle, WA (photographer)	probably February 1951
3/5	501	House damaged by landslide, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde, Seattle, WA (photographer)	probably February 1951
3/5	502	Landslide damage on hillside, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde, Seattle, WA (photographer)	probably February 1951
3/5	503	Landslide damage on beach, Vashon Island, WA Art Forde, Seattle, WA (photographer)	probably February 1951
Box/Folder	item
3/5	504	Barn, 12000 99th Avenue Southwest, Vashon Island, WA Erick Short (photographer)	1970
		Carmel Valley
Box/Folder	item
3/6	505	A man watering plants	between 1952-1957
3/6	506	A man in a lawn chair with two girls and two boys	between 1952-1957
3/6	507	Two men sitting at lawn table	between 1952-1957
3/6	508	A boy and a dog on lawn	between 1952-1957
3/6	509-510	Men and women on lawn	between 1952-1957
3/6	511-512	A girl and a boy riding a horse	between 1952-1957
3/7	513	Betty MacDonald mounting horse as Don MacDonald holds reins, MacDonald ranch, Carmel Valley, CA	between 1952-1957
3/7	514	Betty MacDonald riding horse, MacDonald ranch, Carmel Valley, CA	between 1952-1957
3/7	515	Two men sitting on ground, MacDonald ranch, Carmel Valley, CA	between 1952-1957
3/7	516	Don MacDonald riding horse, Carmel Valley, CA	between 1952-1957
3/7	517-518	Betty MacDonald and another woman riding horses	between 1952-1957
3/7	519	A woman riding a horse	between 1952-1957
3/7	520	Betty MacDonald riding horse, with Don MacDonald standing in background	between 1952-1957
3/7	521	Contact sheet Contains 4 photographs of Betty and Don MacDonald, two women, and a man with horses at the MacDonalds' ranch in Carmel Valley	between 1952-1957
3/7	522	Contact sheet Contains 9 images of horses at the MacDonald ranch and 3 images of Don MacDonald feeding horses.	probably between 1952-1957
3/8	523-524	A boy on a horse, with Don MacDonald holding the reins	circa 1956
3/8	525	A boy on a horse, with Don MacDonald and another boy	circa 1956
3/8	526-527	A boy on a horse, with Don MacDonald holding the reins	circa 1956
3/8	528	Betty MacDonald riding a horse	circa 1956
3/8	529	Two women riding horses	circa 1956
3/8	530	People riding horses	circa 1956
3/9	531	Don MacDonald standing by shed	circa 1957
3/9	532	Horse at trough	circa 1957
3/9	533	Don MacDonald standing by lawn furniture	circa 1957
3/9	534	Gate	circa 1957
3/9	535	Betty MacDonald holding animal	circa 1957
3/9	536	Don MacDonald and two horses	circa 1957
3/9	537	A horse, with Don MacDonald and two horses in the background	circa 1957
3/10	538-539	Young woman riding horse	between 1961-1972
3/10	540-548	Horse and foal	between 1961-1972
3/10	549	Horse, foal, and dog	between 1961-1972
3/11	550	Two horses	circa 1970s
3/11	551	Young woman with foal and dog, MacDonald ranch, Carmel Valley, WA	circa 1970s
3/11	552-553	Foal and horse, MacDonald ranch, Carmel Valley, WA	circa 1970s
3/11	554	Foal, MacDonald ranch, Carmel Valley, WA	circa 1970s
3/11	555	Fence and gate, MacDonald ranch, Carmel Valley, CA	July 1983
3/11	556	Hill, MacDonald ranch, Carmel Valley, CA	July 1983
3/11	557	Hills, MacDonald ranch, Carmel Valley, CA	July 1983

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Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Promotion
Box/Folder	item
3/12	558	The Egg and I parade float, probably Cape Town, South Africa Stamped on back: Cape Argus	between 1940 and 1949?
3/12	559	Men and women on The Egg and I parade float, probably Cape Town, South Africa Akkersdyk Studios, Cape Town, South Africa (photographer)	between 1940 and 1949?
3/12	560	A man and Betty MacDonald with copy of The Egg and I, probably at celebration of the one millionth copy of The Egg and I, Seattle	probably September 12, 1946
item
561		[number not used]
		Film
		Louise Allbritton as "Harriet Putnam"
Box/Folder	item
3/13	562-564	Publicity photograph of Louise Allbritton posing by car Caption on verso: Louise Allbritton as the gay divorcee, Harriet Putnam in "The Egg and I," Universal-International production starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray.	1946?
3/13	565-566	Publicity photograph of Louise Allbritton posing in car	1946?
3/13	567	Louise Allbritton standing by fence Caption on verso: DUDE RANCHER -- Louise Allbritton plays a slicker who makes passes at another gal's husband in "The Egg and I," Universal-International production starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray, with a cast including Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Donald MacBride, Samuel S. Hinds, Fuzzy Knight, and Esther Dale.	1946?
		Johnny Berkes as "Geoduck, the Indian"
Box/Folder	item
3/13	568	Publicity photograph of Johnny Berkes sitting on barrel holding jug	1946?
		Claudette Colbert as "Betty"
Box/Folder	item
3/14	569-570	Publicity photographs of Claudette Colbert	1946?
3/14	571	Betty trying to pull a pig into a pen Caption on verso: "All right, you asked for it," says Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) as she gets into the mire with Cleopatra, the ranch sow, in an effort to force her back into the pen.	1946?
3/14	572	Betty and a pig in mud Caption on verso: "Better get yourself cleaned up, that's not exactly perfume you're covered with," is all the sympathy Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) receives from her husband, (FRED MACMURRAY).	1946?
3/14	573	Betty trying to clean a stove Caption on verso: Tyrannical, antiquated Stove collapses in a shower of soot just as Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) finishes an heroic job of polishing.	1946?
3/14	574	Betty in a tree Caption on verso: Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) learns the hard way not to saw away her perch when she's trimming trees.	1946?
3/14	575	Betty holding her wedding gown Caption on verso: A flood of tender memories sweeps Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) as she takes her wedding gown from a storage trunk.	1947
3/14	576	Betty paints "I'M THROUGH!" on a wall Caption on verso: Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) scrawls an angry farewell to the husband from whom she is fleeing in a jealous tantrum.	1946
3/14	577	Claudette Colbert holding chicks	1946?
		Billy House as "Smiling Billy Reed"
Box/Folder	item
3/15	578	Publicity photograph of Billy House leaning against chair	1946?
3/15	579	Publicity photograph of Billy House holding flowers	1946?
3/15	580	Publicity photograph of Billy House	1946?
3/15	581	Publicity photograph of Billy House holding pocketwatch to ear	1946?
		Percy Kilbride as "Pa Kettle"
Box/Folder	item
3/15	582-586	Publicity photographs of Percy Kilbride Caption on verso: Percy Kilbride as "Pa Kettle," nominal head of the Kettle Family in "The Egg and I," Universal-International production of Betty MacDonald's best-seller starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray.	1946?
3/15	587	Publicity photograph of Percy Kilbride leaning back in chair	1946?
3/15	588	Publicity photograph of Percy Kilbride with pipe and harness	1946?
3/15	589	Percy Kilbride and a chicken Caption on verso: HENPECKED -- Percy Kilbride, playing "Pa Kettle," rehearses with the trained hen which is his constant companion in "The Egg and I," Universal-International production of Betty MacDonald's best-seller starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray.	1946?
		Richard Long as "Tom Kettle"
Box/Folder	item
3/16	590-592	Publicity photographs of Richard Long Caption on verso of items 590 and 591: Richard Long as "Tom Kettle," brightest of the Kettle Family, in "The Egg and I," Universal-International production of Betty MacDonald's best-seller starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray.Caption on verso of item 592: Richard Long, International Pictures Player, Featured in "TOMORROW IS FOREVER," "THE STRANGER," "THE DARK MIRROR"	1946?
		Fred MacMurray as "Bob"
Box/Folder	item
3/17	593-594	Publicity photographs of Fred MacMurray Caption on photograph 593: Fred MacMurray as "Bob," amateur poultry farmer, in "The Egg and I," Universal-International picture in which he co-stars with Claudette Colbert. Produced by Fred Finklehoffe and directed by Chester Erskine from a screenplay by both of Betty MacDonald's best-seller.	1946?
3/17	595	Publicity photograph of Fred MacMurray sitting on fence	1946?
3/17	596	Publicity photograph of Fred MacMurray pointing to an egg	1946?
3/17	597-599	Publicity photograph of Fred MacMurray holding an egg	1946?
3/17	600	Publicity photograph of Fred MacMurray holding eggs	1946?
3/17	601	Fred MacMurray with a chicken on his head Caption on verso: REVERSE TARZAN: It's the tree that swings on Fred MacMurray during the making of "The Egg and I," Universal-International production of Betty MacDonald's best-seller in which he co-stars with Claudette Colbert. The candid camera catches him as he extricates himself from production difficulties which will be one of the picture's big laughs.	1946?
3/17	602	Fred MacMurray holding a chick	1946?
3/17	603	Fred MacMurray and dog Banjo Caption on verso: Fred MacMurray and the English setter playing the "world's most cowardly dog" in "The Egg and I," Universal-International production of Betty MacDonald's best-seller in which MacMurray co-stars with Claudette Colbert.	1946?
		Marjorie Main as "Ma Kettle"
Box/Folder	item
3/18	604	Publicity photograph of Marjorie Main Caption on verso: Marjorie Main as "Ma Kettle," matriarch of the Kettle Family, in "The Egg and I," Universal-International production of Betty MacDonald's best-seller starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray.	1946?
		Isabel O'Madigan as "Mother Hicks"
Box/Folder	item
3/18	605	Publicity photograph of Isabel O'Madigan Caption on verso: Isabel O'Madigan as "Mother Hicks" in "The Egg and I," Universal-International production of Betty MacDonald's best-seller starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray.	1946?
		Vic Potel as "Crowbar, the Indian"
Box/Folder	item
3/18	606	Publicity photograph of Vic Potel holding a jug and sitting on barrels Caption on verso: Vic Potel as "Crowbar, the Indian" in "The Egg and I," Universal-International production of Betty MacDonald's best-seller starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray.	1946?
3/18	607	Publicity photograph of Vic Potel holding a pocket-watch to his ear and sitting on barrels Caption on verso: Vic Potel as "Crowbar, the Indian" in "The Egg and I," Universal-International production of Betty MacDonald's best-seller starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray.	1946?
		Louise Allbritton, Fred MacMurray, and Earl Bennett
Box/Folder	item
3/18	608	Bob and Harriet Putnam listen as the attendant talks to them Caption on verso: "Congratulations, Mrs. Putnam, your cow has won the blue ribbon," Mrs. Harriet Putnam (LOUISE ALLBRITTON), at the county fair with Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) is told by the attendant (EARL BENNETT).	1946
		Louise Allbritton and Donald MacBride
Box/Folder	item
3/18	609	Harriet Putnam and Mr. Henty talking Caption on verso: "I'm giving Betty and Bob one dozen Speckled Sussex hens to help them get a fresh start," Harriet Putnam (LOUISE ALLBRITTON) tells Mr. Henty (DONALD MACBRIDE).	1946?
		Johnny Berkes and Vic Potel
Box/Folder	item
3/18	610	Publicity photograph of Vic Potel and Johnny Berkes	1946?
3/18	611	Publicity photograph of Johnny Berkes and Vic Potel sitting on barrels	1946?
		Claudette Colbert and Louise Allbritton
Box/Folder	item
3/18	612	Harriet Putnam watches Betty and a pig in mud Caption on verso: "Can I be of any help?" asks Harriet Putnam (LOUISE ALLBRITTON) making her first neighborly call on Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) who's having trouble with Cleopatra, the sow.	1946?
		Claudette Colbert and Billy House
Box/Folder	item
3/18	613	Billy Reed and Betty talking Caption on verso: "Whatever you need, see Billy Reed - that's me," is the introduction of Peddler Billy Reed (BILLY HOUSE) to Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT).	1946?
		Claudette Colbert and Percy Kilbride
Box/Folder	item
3/19	614	Pa Kettle and Betty dancing Caption on verso: Pa Kettle (PERCY KILBRIDE) tries out a fancy step at the community social much to dismay and bewilderment of Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT).	1946?
3/19	615	Percy Kilbride and Claudette Colbert talking	circa 1947
		Claudette Colbert and George Lloyd
Box/Folder	item
3/19	616	Betty reads a letter delivered to her by a Bella Vista worker Caption on verso: The note delivered to Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) by the Bella Vista hired man (GEORGE LLOYD) reads: "Won't be home for dinner. Don't wait up for me. Bob."	1946?
		Claudette Colbert and Richard Long
Box/Folder	item
3/19	617	Tom Kettle demonstrating a chicken feeder to Betty Caption on verso: "Just a thing I rigged up...a kind of automatic feeder," Tom Kettle (RICHARD LONG) explains his invention to Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) at whose chicken ranch he's helping out.	1946?
		Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray
Box/Folder	item
3/20	618-624	Publicity photographs of Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray Caption on photograph 619: Claudette Colbert as "Betty," Fred MacMurray as "Bob," amateur poultry farmers, starring in the Universal-International picture, "The Egg and I," from Betty MacDonald's record best-seller. The film was produced by Fred Finklehoffe and directed by Chester Erskine from a screenplay by both.	1946?-1947
3/20	625	Publicity photograph of Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray reading a book	circa 1947
3/20	626	Publicity photograph of Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray holding eggs	circa 1947
3/20	627-628	Publicity photograph of Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray holding an egg	circa 1947
3/21	629	Publicity photograph of Claudette Colbert looking at Fred MacMurray holding an egg	circa 1947
3/21	630	Bob and Betty in bed Caption on verso: "Can't you just picture it Betty...just you and me...all by ourselves, with thousands of chickens and every one of them laying eggs all day long!" Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) tells his bride Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) on their wedding first night.	1946?
3/21	631	Bob and Betty in a car Caption on back: "Where's the house?" asks Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) in disbelief as Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) proudly drives here into the front yard of their new home, a rundown shack in the mountains.	1946?
3/21	632	Bob and Betty in front of their house Caption on back: "The agent told me there wasn't another house like it in the county! Come on, I'll show it to you --," Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) tells his bride Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) as they arrive at their chicken ranch.	1946?
3/21	633	Bob holding Betty on the porch Caption on verso: "This is it - over the threshold," says Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) as he suddenly sweeps into his arms his bride Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) on their arrival at the rundown mountain shack that is to be their ranch home.	1946?
3/21	634	Bob points as Betty looks on Caption on verso: "Hasn't it got a lot of character? Living room's over here --" and Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) introduces his bride Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) to the rundown shack to be their home on the chicken ranch.	1946?
3/21	635	Bob holding up chair as Betty looks on Caption on verso: "Lucky we got all this furniture with the place!" Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) tells his bride Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) as they inspect their house at the chicken ranch.	1946?
3/21	636	Bob and Betty examining a light fixture Caption on verso: "Don't care much for that fixture though, do you?" asks Bob (Fred MacMurray) of his bride Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) as they inspect their home on the mountain chicken ranch.	1946?
3/21	637	Betty and Bob examining bed Caption on verso: "How do you like this bed...wonderful old piece...just needs a little propping up," Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) tells Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) as they survey the old house that is to be their home at the chicken ranch.	1946?
3/21	638	Bob and Betty in bed	circa 1947
3/22	639	Bob holding bucket as Betty sits in bed Caption on verso: "I'll look at that roof in the morning, some of those shingles must be loosened up," Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) consoles Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) as rain invades their bedroom on the first night at the chicken ranch.	1946?
3/22	640	Bob stands by bed as Betty wakes up Caption on verso: "Wake up, it's 4:30, half the morning's gone," Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) tells Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) as their first day dawns on the chicken ranch.	1946?
3/22	641	Bob, Betty, and a dog Caption: "You'll have running water in the kitchen any minute now...all we've got to do it fill it," Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) proudly tells Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) of the new water tank built by Pa Kettle.	1946?
3/22	642	Bob holds book open as Betty looks on	1946?
3/22	643	Bob and Betty standing in the garden Caption on verso: "When it rains you're going to be flooded out," Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) warns Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) anent [ sic] the location of kitchen garden.	1946?
3/22	644	Bob, holding guns, talks to Betty Caption on verso: "Cougars do not disappear, you have to shoot them," Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) tells Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT).	1946?
3/22	645	Bob and Betty holding eggs	1946?
3/22	646	Bob chopping at a tree as Betty looks on Caption on back: "It so happens that I am an experienced tree-cutter...I spent a whole summer once, working at a log camp in the Adirondacks," Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) tells his bride Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT).	1946?
3/22	647	Bob and Betty dancing Caption on verso: "At these affairs you've got to dance with everybody who asks you...otherwise they'll have you down as a snob," Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) warns Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) at the first social of their backwoods community.	1946?
3/22	648	Bob holds Betty's shoe as Betty looks on Caption on verso: "Someone hit me with a shoe," Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) complains to Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) who assumes an air of innocence.	1946?
3/22	649	Betty pleads with Bob Caption on verso: "That barnyard glamor girl is setting a trap for you and you're just goofy enough to fall into it," Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) warns Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) at the social.	1946?
3/23	650	Betty sits on the couch as Bob talks to her "I don't like to point, my fine lady, but you're beginning to make a noise like a jealous female, and it isn't becoming," Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) scolds Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) in the first jealous quarrel of their marriage.	1946?
3/23	651	Bob and Betty sitting on the couch Caption on verso: "I should think you could trust me, marriage without trust, in my book doesn't account to much," Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) tells Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) in the first jealous quarrel of their marriage.	1946?
3/23	652	Bob and Betty at the social Caption on verso: "What we got on our hands now is a man-sized forest fire moving up the whole valley," is the sheriff's announcement heard by Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) and Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) at the social.	1946?
3/23	653	Bob and Betty with bucket Caption on verso: "Unless it rains we'll be burned out - everything," Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) tells Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) as the forest fire closes in on their ranch.	1946?
3/23	654	Bob and Betty stand in the burned ruins of their farm Caption on verso of duplicate: "Certainly will take a lot of building to get this place going again," Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) tells Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) as they scan the desolation caused by the forestfire.	1946?
3/23	655	Betty confronts Bob Caption on verso: "Don't you Betty me, you snake in the grass--you bluebeard!" Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) berates Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) whom she finds ensconced in "the other woman's" house.	circa 1947
3/23	656	Bob confronts Betty Caption on verso: "If you didn't have such an evil mind you wouldn't be jumping at such a lot of idiotic conclusions," Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) scolds Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) who has accused him of infidelity.	1946?-1947
3/23	657	Bob and Betty embrace "I've been such a fool," cries Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) as she yields to the arms of the husband, Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) whom she had left in a jealous spat.	1946?
3/23	658	Bob and Betty holding calendar Caption on verso: "We're a little off schedule, I'm afraid," says Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) to Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) as he shows here the date on which they had planned to be parents.	1946?
3/23	659	Bob and Betty holding their baby Caption on verso of duplicate: "I always knew we'd make it," says proud Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) as he fondles the first-born of his wife Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT).	1946?
3/23	660	Fred MacMurray, Claudette Colbert, and a chicken Caption on verso: TIMBER! -- Falling trees and shower of chickens comprised some of the hazards in making "The Egg and I," Universal-International production of Betty MacDonald's best-seller co-starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray, who are caught by the candid camera extricating themselves from production difficulties.	1946?
3/23	661	Fred MacMurray and Claudette Colbert Caption on verso: TIMBER! -- Falling trees and shower of chickens comprised some of the hazards in making "The Egg and I," Universal-International production of Betty MacDonald's best-seller co-starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray, who are caught by the candid camera extricating themselves from production difficulties.	1946?
		Claudette Colbert and Marjorie Main
Box/Folder	item
3/24	662	Ma Kettle and Betty sitting on the couch Caption on verso: "I was wonderin' how long afore you'd git lonesome and pay us a visit," Ma Kettle (MARJORIE MAIN) tells Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT), who's meeting the Kettle tribe for the first time.	1947
3/24	663	Ma Kettle and Betty talking Caption on verso: "Tom's clever...not a mite like the rest of the Kettles...makes me wonder sometimes," Ma Kettle (MARJORIE MAIN) says to Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT).	1947
3/24	664	Ma Kettle and Betty holding up a dress Caption on verso: "Mighty fine of you to make me that dress...I sure do appreciate it," Ma Kettle (MARJORIE MAIN) thanks Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT).	1947
3/24	665	Marjorie Main and Claudette Colbert in costume riding carousel Caption on verso: HORSEPLAY -- Between scenes of "The Egg and I" Claudette Colbert and Marjorie Main enjoy the merry-go-round erected by the studio for county-fair atmosphere. The Universal-International production of Betty MacDonald's best-seller co-stars Miss Colbert and Fred MacMurray. Cast includes Louise Allbritton, Percy Kilbride, Billy House, Richard Long, and Fuzzy Knight.	1947
		Claudette Colbert and Sam McDaniel
Box/Folder	item
3/24	666	Betty scolds a waiter Caption on verso: "I suppose it never occurred to you that this egg is somebody's child, and that it once had a mother!" scolds Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) to Dining Car Waiter (SAM MCDANIEL), who has just dropped her breakfast egg.	1947
		Claudette Colbert and Ida Moore
Box/Folder	item
3/24	667	Betty pours the Old Lady a cup of coffee Caption on verso: "We had a chicken farm once, and we were happy, until Charlotte, the hen, grew bigger than a man," the Old Lady (IDA MOORE), local crackpot, tells Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT).	1947
		Fred MacMurray and Louise Allbritton
Box/Folder	item
3/24	668	Harriet Putnam and Bob holding a shoe Caption on verso: "Party's getting rough, let's get out of here," Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) tells Harriet Putnam (LOUSE ALLBRITTON) as a hurtling shoe connects with his skull at the county social. He recognizes the shoe as belonging to his wife, Betty.	1946
3/24	669	Bob, holding shoe, and Harriet Putnam at the county social Caption on verso: "I think I'll look for the owner of this shoe," Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) tells Harriet Putnam (LOUISE ALLBRITTON) at the social.	1946
3/24	670	Bob and Harriet Putnam Caption on verso: "A prize Hereford is small solace on a cold winter night, I've discovered," Harriet Putnam (LOUISE ALLBRITTON) tells Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) at the livestock pavilion of the county fair.	1946
3/24	671	Fred MacMurray and Louise Allbritton in front of a station wagon Caption on verso: GOING MY WAY? -- Fred MacMurray thumbs a ride in the snazzy station wagon displayed by Louise Allbritton in "The Egg and I," Universal-International production starring Claudette Colbert and MacMurray. Miss Allbritton, one of Hollywood's most provocative glamazons, plays "the other woman" in the picture, whose cast includes Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Billy House, Richard Long, Samuel S. Hinds, and Fuzzy Knight.	1946
3/24	672	Fred MacMurray talks to Louise Allbritton Caption on verso: TALL TROUPERS -- When Louise Allbritton was introduced to Fred MacMurray, with whom she plays "the other woman" in "The Egg and I," she said: "Thank heaven, you're tall." She is one of Hollywood's tallest glamor girls, 5 ft. 9 in. Fred is one of the tallest male stars, 6 ft. 3 in. The picture, produced by Universal-International from Betty MacDonald's best-seller, co-stars Claudette Colbert and MacMurray, with a cast including Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Samuel S. Hinds, and Fuzzy Knight.	1946
		Fred MacMurray and Percy Kilbride
Box/Folder	item
4/1	673	Pa Kettle, sitting on wagon, and Bob Caption on verso: "Just dropped in to say howdy," Neighbor Pa Kettle (PERCY KILBRIDE) greets Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) on their first meeting.	1946
4/1	674	Pa Kettle and Bob sitting on wagon Caption on verso: "Let me know if I can do anything else to help," Pa Kettle (PERCY KILBRIDE) tells Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) whom he has just borrowed out of house and home.	1946
4/1	675-676	Percy Kilbride demonstrating wagon to Fred MacMurray Caption on verso: Percy Kilbride, playing "Pa Kettle" in "The Egg and I," shows Fred MacMurray, playing "Bob," the amateur chicken rancher, the intricacies of the horse-drawn jallopy he pilots through some of the most hilarious scenes of the Universal-International picture, which co-stars Claudette Colbert and MacMurray.	1946
		Donald MacBride and Percy Kilbride
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4/1	677	Mr. Henty points at Pa Kettle Caption on verso: Egg buyer Henty (DONALD MACBRIDE) interrupts Pa Kettle (PERCY KILBRIDE) who is enjoying himself hugely at the county fair's peep shows.	1947
		Claudette Colbert, Richard Long, and Billy House
Box/Folder	item
4/1	678	Billy Reed interrupts Tom Kettle and Betty dancing Caption on verso: "May I cut in?" asks Smiling Billy Reed (BILLY HOUSE) of Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) as she dances with Tom Kettle (RICHARD LONG) at the community social.	1947
		Louise Allbritton, Claudette Colbert, and Fred MacMurray
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4/1	679	Harriet Putnam talks with Betty, covered in mud, and Bob Caption on verso: "It's going to be so nice, having real people about for a change," Harriet Putnam (LOUISE ALLBRITTON) tells Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) and Bob (FRED MACMURRAY)	1946
4/1	680	Betty talks to Harriet Putnam as Bob watches Caption on verso: Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) is caught in the middle as his wife Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) hurls darts of sarcasm into her supposed rival, Harriet Putnam (LOUISE ALLBRITTON)	1947
4/1	681	Bob talks to Betty as Harriet Putnam watches Caption on verso: "She wants us to see her Speckled Sussex, it's a brand of hen, very special," Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) explains to Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) at the home of the gay divorcee Harriet Putnam (LOUISE ALLBRITTON).	1947
4/1	682	Betty talks to Harriet Putnam as Bob watches Caption on verso: "I've got a headache, I think I'll go home," Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) tells her husband Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) and her suspected rival Harriet Putnam (LOUISE ALLBRITTON).	1947
4/1	683	Betty, in car, smiles at Harriet Putnam as Bob watches Caption on verso: "These headaches only hit me on very special occasions," Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) says as a parting shot at her supposed rival Harriet Putnam (LOUISE ALLBRITTON) as Betty and Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) start for their ranch after luncheon.	1947
4/1	684	Harriet Putnam, Bob, and Betty Caption on verso: "The generator broke down this morning and everything at my place has come to a stop," Harriet Putnam (LOUISE ALLBRITTON) tells Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) in asking for the loan of her husband Bob (FRED MACMURRAY).	1946
		Claudette Colbert, Donald MacBride, and Fred MacMurray
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4/2	685	Betty and Bob, in wedding clothes, offer Mr. Henty a cigar Caption on verso: "You don't drink? Then have a cigar," Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) and Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) urge Mr. Henty, egg buyer (DONALD MACBRIDE), who doesn't smoke either.	1946
4/2	686	Mr. Henty looking at Betty and Bob in wedding clothes Caption on verso: "I judge my eggs by the people who produce them," Mr. Henty, the egg buyer (DONALD MACBRIDE) tells Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) and Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT).	1946
4/2	687	Bob holds Mr. Henty's dented hat, as Mr. Henty and Betty look on Caption on verso: "Very friendly dog, loves to sit on hats," is the apology of Bob (FRED MacMURRAY) and Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) as Mr. Henty, the egg buyer (DONALD MACBRIDE) ends his visit on a sour note caused by Sport, the pooch.	1946
		Claudette Colbert, Marjorie Main, and Billy House
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4/2	688	Billy Reed, Ma Kettle, and Betty at the county fair Caption on verso: "Are you really as important as all that?" asks Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) of Billy Reed (BILLY HOUSE), who has just greeted her and Ma Kettle (MARJORIE MAIN) at the county fair.	1946
		Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, and Marjorie Main
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4/2	689	Ma Kettle, Bob, and Betty Caption on verso of duplicate: "Birdie Hicks just took the prize for her preserves. Head judge is her cousin and that don't hurt none," Ma Kettle (MARJORIE MAIN) tells Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) and Bob (FRED MacMURRAY) at the county fair.	1946
		Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, and Percy Kilbride
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4/2	690	Bob shakes hands with Pa Kettle as Betty looks on Caption on verso: "As long as we're neighbors you can count on us for anything you might be needin'...just drop in and ask for it...be glad to lend a helpin' hand," Pa Kettle (PERCY KILBRIDE) tells the newlyweds Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) and Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT).	1946
		Claudette Colbert, Marjorie Main, and Beatrice Roberts
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4/2	691	Ma Kettle and the Nurse watch as Betty sits up Caption on verso: "I can't imagine what happened to me, I never fainted before in my life," says Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) to Ma Kettle (MARJORIE MAIN) and the Nurse (BEATRICE ROBERTS) as stork wings whir over the county fair's first-aid tent.	1947
		Claudette Colbert, Johnny Berkes, and Vic Potel
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4/2	692	Geoduck and Crowbar look through the window at Betty Caption on verso: "Indians!" cries the dismayed Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) as she first sights her aborigine neighbors, Geoduck (VIC POTEL) and Crowbar (JOHNNY BERKES).	1946
		Claudette Colbert and Dorothy Vaughn
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4/2	693	Emmy, the maid, shows a letter to Betty Caption on verso: "I gotta letter for you, looks like it might be from your husband," the maid (DOROTHY VAUGHN) tells Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT), who has left her spouse and gone back to mother.	1947
		Claudette Colbert, Elisabeth Risdon, and Dorothy Vaughn
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4/2	694	Betty's mother talks to Betty as Emmy, the maid, serves them breakfast Caption on verso: "It's absurd to see a perfectly good marriage break up just because of a lot of silly stubborness," Betty's mother (ELISABETH RISDON) tells Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) as the Maid (DOROTHY VAUGHN) is serving breakfast.	1947
		Fred MacMurray, Vic Potel, and Johnny Berkes
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4/3	695	Bob, Crowbar, Geoduck, and a dog Caption on verso: "Great hunting dog - this'll be a wonderful chance for him to work out," Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) tells his Indian hunting pals, Geoduck (VIC POTEL) and Crowbar (JOHNNY BERKES), as they take to the trail for the cougar.	1946
4/3	696	Bob, Crowbar, and Geoduck carrying a dead cougar Caption on verso: "Hi, Betty, we got 'em, 11 feet from head to tail, shot 'im right between the eyes at 50 yards," says the triumphant Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) as he returns from the cougar hunt with his Indian pals, Geoduck (VIC POTEL) and Crowbar (JOHNNY BERKES).This scene was cut from the final film.	1946
4/3	697	Bob, Geoduck, and Crowbar smoking a pipe while sitting on the floor Caption on verso: "Mighty hunters - Chief-Shoot-Big-Cat-Drink-Plenty-Firewater!" says Geoduck (VIC POTEL) to Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) as with Crowbar (JOHNNY BERKES) they toast the execution of the marauding cougar.This scene was cut from the final film.	1946
		Louise Allbritton, Claudette Colbert, Donald MacBride, and Fred MacMurray
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4/3	698	Betty and Bob watching Harriet Putnam dancing with Mr. Henty Caption on verso: "I've been working on Mr. Henty (DONALD MACBRIDE) to give you that egg contract - I've got him practically to the singing [sic] point," says Harriet Putnam, gay divorcee, (LOUISE ALLBRITTON) to Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) and Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) at the social.	1946
4/3	699	Bob tries to clean cake off of Mr. Henty's face as Harriet Putnam and Betty watch Caption on verso: "Dreadfully sorry, it wasn't my fault," Bob (FRED MACMURRAY) apologizes to Mr. Henty, the egg buyer (DONALD MACBRIDE), whose face was pushed into the cake he was eating. At the social, from left, are Harriet Putnam (LOUISE ALLBRITTON), Mr. Henty (DONALD MACBRIDE), Bob, and Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT).	1946
		Group photographs
		Kettle family
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4/3	700	Bob and Betty watch as the Kettle family eats at the county social Caption on verso: "I always bring my own vittles to these shindigs, don't believe in waiting fer strangers to feed me," says Ma Kettle (MARJORIE MAIN) at the social.	1946
4/3	701-702	Publicity photograph of the Kettle family Caption on verso: THE KETTLE FAMILY -- A clan made immortal in Americana by Betty MacDonald's best-seller, "The Egg and I," is assembled for the screen for the Universal-International production of the book starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray. Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride play "Ma" and "Pa" Kettle and are shown surrounded by their rambunctious tribe. Behind Kilbride is Richard Long, playing "Tom," the only bright Kettle.	1946
4/3	703	Claudette Colbert sitting at table with Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, and the other actors playing the Kettle family Caption on verso: THE GIRL WHO STAYED FOR DINNER -- Claudette Colbert as Betty in "The Egg and I," in which she co-stars with Fred MacMurray for Universal-International, sits down with Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride, as "Ma and Pa Kettle," and the Kettle Family.	1947
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4/4	704	Billy Reed, Betty, a woman, and a man judging quilts at the county fair Caption on verso: "First prize in the patchwork quilt competition goes to Ma Kettle," announces Billy Reed (BILLY HOUSE) to the delight of Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) attending her first county fair.	1946
4/4	705	Betty and a crowd of people watch as Billy Reed presents Ma Kettle with a prize Caption on verso: "Here you are, the blue ribbon and a check for $500," is Billy Reed's (BILLY HOUSE) announcement to Ma Kettle (MARJORIE MAIN) that she has won first prize in the county fair quilting competition, which pleases Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) mightily.	1946
4/4	706	Pa Kettle and other county fair attendees listen to the results of the poultry show Caption on verso: Pa Kettle (PERCY KILBRIDE) hears the judges' announcement at the poultry show: "First prize has been awarded by the judges to an unnamed hen and an unnamed owner!"	1946
4/4	707	Bill and Betty's neighbors gather to offer them help Caption on verso: "We got together to give you whatever it'll take to get you started again," the Sheriff (SAMUEL S. HINDS) tells Betty (CLAUDETTE COLBERT) and Bob (FRED MACMURRAY), as the neighbors assemble after the disastrous fire.	1946
4/4	708	Aerial view of county fair set Caption on verso: COUNTY FAIR -- A show within a show is a production feature of "The Egg and I," Universal-International production of Betty MacDonald's best-seller, starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray. The county fair was complete with amusement midway, livestock and poultry pavilions, quilting and preserving exhibits and all the customary appurtenances of this American institution.	1946
		Production crew
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4/5	709	Fred Finklehoffe and Chester Erskine looking at a screenplay Caption on verso: EGGS-ECUTIVES --- Fred Finklehoffe, left, and Chester Erskine are making a movie from "The Egg and I," hilarious best seller by Betty MacDonald. Their collaborative screenplay will be directed for Universal-International by Erskine, with Finklehoffe as producer. Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray are the stars.	1946
4/5	710-711	Bernard Herzbrun with a scale model of the ranch Caption on verso: FIRST STEP -- Duplication of the Washington State ranch about which Betty MacDonald wrote in "The Egg and I" began at Universal-International Studios, where the book is being filmed with Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray in starring roles, with the building of a model, on a scale of 1/8" to the foot, in the art department. Bernard Herzbrun, U-I art director, is shown here with the miniature, from which Producer Fred Finklehoffe and Director Chester Erskine figured out camera angles, lighting problems and other details. The studio construction department uses this miniature as an accesstory [sic] to blue prints. Cast of the picture includes Marjorie Main, Louise Allbritton, Percy Kilbride, Billy House, Richard Long and Fuzzy Knight.	1946
4/5	712	William Goetz and Leo Spitz with cake Caption on verso: ANNIVERSARY -- William Goetz, left, and Leo Spitz at an informal observance of the third year of International Pictures, the company they founded and which is now merged as Universal-International with Goetz as president in charge of production and Spitz as chairman of the board.	circa June 1946
4/5	713	Dorothy Hughes, Frank Shaw, Joseph Kenny, and Milton Krasner Caption on verso: UNSUNG STARS -- Behind the camera on every big production are men and women whose teamwork is just as vital to a picture's success as the artistry of the glamorized stars whose faces flash on the screen. Here are some of the "crew" on "The Egg and I," Universal-International film starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray. From left, they are Dorothy Hughes, set continuist, or script girl; Frank Shaw, first assistant director; Joseph Kenny, second assistant director and Milton Krasner, cinematographer. Chester Erskine is directing, Fred F. Finklehoffe producing, from their screenplay of Betty MacDonald's best-seller.	1946
4/5	714	Chester Erskine talking to Fred MacMurray as Douglas Spencer listens Caption on verso: Director Chester Erskine, formerly of the New York stage, makes his debut as a movie director with "The Egg and I," Universal-International production starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray. Erskine, left explains his conception of a scene to MacMurray, right, whose standin, Douglas Spencer, listens carefully. Cast of the picture includes Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Louise Allbritton, Richard Long, Samuel S. Hinds and Fuzzy Knight.	1946
4/5	715	Fred MacMurray talks to Chester Erskine Caption on verso: Fred MacMurray, co-starring with Claudette Colbert in "The Egg and I," Universal-International production of Betty MacDonald's best-seller, goes over the script with Director Chester Erskine, who with Producer Fred F. Finklehoffe wrote the screenplay.	1946
4/5	716	Fred MacMurray, Chester Erskine, Louise Allbritton, and a cow Caption on verso: Fred MacMurray, a farmer by avocation, explains the fine points of a prize-winning Hereford cow to Director Chester Erskine and Louise Allbritton at a livestock show staged by the studio for scenes of "The Egg and I" in which Claudette Colbert and MacMurray star and Louise plays "the other woman," MacMurray has a 1500-acre ranch in Sonoma County, California, where he raises Milking Shorthorns, which won him three prizes at the 1946 San Francisco Lovestock [sic] Show. Cast of the U-I picture includes Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long and Billy House.	1946
4/5	717	Fred MacMurray and Chester Erskine Caption on verso: Fred MacMurray pays strict attention as Director Chester Erskine, formerly of the New York stage but now a movie pilor, explains a scene for "The Egg and I," Universal-International production starring Claudette Colbert and MacMurray. Cast includes Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Billy House, Richard Long, Samuel S. Hinds, Donald MacBride and Fuzzy Knight.	1946
4/5	718	Milton Krasner and Louise Allbritton holding hands Caption on verso: STEPS TO STARDOM -- Louise Allbritton, a comparative newcomer to movies, demonstrates one of the important points in the upward climb: being friendly with the cameraman, in this case, Milton Krasner, cinematographer on "The Egg and I," Universal-International film starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray. Louise plays "the other woman" in the picture, whose case includes Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Billy House, Samuel S. Hinds and Fuzzy Knight.	1946
4/6	719	Chester Erskine talks to Claudette Colbert as Louise Allbritton and Douglas Spencer watch Caption on verso: REHEARSAL -- Director Chester Erskine (left) runs through a scene with Claudette Colbert for "The Egg and I," in which she co-stars with Fred MacMurray for Universal-International. In the station wagon are Louise Allbritton, playing Claudette's rival, and Douglas Spencer, stand-in for MacMurray.	1946
4/6	720-721	Chester Erskine and Percy Kilbride comparing eggs Caption on verso: EGGS-TRAORDINARY -- Director Chester Erskine (left) and Percy Kilbride, playing "Pa Kettle," compare the 1st and 5000th eggs laid by the hens used as atmosphere for the filming of "The Egg and I," Universal-International production starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray. All the eggs that graded AA according to Department of Agriculture standards were packaged and sold to the public at the Farmers' Market in Los Angeles for the benefit of the Braille Institute of America, suppliers of books for the blind. Cast of the picture includes Marjorie Main, Louise Allbritton, Richard Long, Billy House, Samuel S. Hinds and Fuzzy Knight.	1946
4/6	722	Chester Erskine directing scene with Kettle family Caption on verso: FAMILY PORTRAIT -- "Pa and Ma Kettle," and their rambunctious brood of 13 kids come to life in "The Egg and I," Universal-International production of Betty MacDonald's best-seller starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray. On the seat of the wagon are Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride, playing "Ma" and "Pa," while on the extreme right is Chester Erskine, who directed the film from a screenplay written by himself and Producer Fred Finklehoffe.	1946
4/6	723-724	Henry East, Fred MacMurray, and Banjo the dog Caption on verso: HOW TO RAISE A DOG -- Fred MacMurray (right) gets some tips from Henry East, owner and trainer of Asta and other famous movie pooches. Dog in picture is Banjo, English setter, playing the part of "Sport, the world's most cowardly dog," in "The Egg and I," Universal-International production of Betty MacDonald's best-seller in which MacMurray co-stars with Claudette Colbert.	1946
4/6	725	Claudette Colbert laughing with William Goetz, Leonard Goldstein, and a man Caption on verso: LAUGHING GIRL -- Claudette Colbert, whose friendly disposition and sunny smiles are an inspiration to her co-workers, is caught by the candid camera on the set of "The Egg and I" as she bandies persiflage with William Goetz (left), president in charge of production for Universal-International, and Leonard Goldstein.	1947
4/6	726	Irving Glassberg talking to Claudette Colbert during the filming of a scene Caption on verso: CRANE SHOT -- Herewith are illustrated some of the mechanics for obtaining one of the provocative scenes in "The Egg and I," Universal-International production starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray. In this shot the camera will introduce to the audience the undistinguished Kettle Family, a tribe of hill-billy neer-do-wells headed by Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride. Starting with Kilbride, the camera will move slowly down the long table, recording the enthusiastic mastication of each Kettle, halting to register the amazement of Miss Colbert, a first-time visitor to the Kettles. In the camera skip talking to Miss Colbert is Irving Glassberg, operative cameraman. Marjorie Main, on the left, will be slid into position by workmen on the sidelines tugging on cables attached to her chair.	1947
		Visitors to set
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4/7	727	Max Baer talking with Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray Caption on verso: THE PRIZEFIGHTER AND THE LADY -- Max Baer, onetime heavyweight champion, now an actor and nightclub entertainer, turns his charm on Claudette Colbert while visiting "The Egg and I" set at Universal-International, where she is co-starring with Fred MacMurray. Max tried to sell himself as a leading man for Claudette's next picture and she, always encouraging to new faces, promised to put his application on file.	1946
4/7	728	William Goetz, Barbara Goetz, and Claudette Colbert Caption on verso: William Goetz, Barbara Goetz, his teen-age daughter, and Claudette Colbert, on the set of "The Egg and I," at Universal-International studio where Goetz is in charge of production. Fred MacMurray is co-star of the picture and the cast includes Marjorie Main, Louise Allbritton, Percy Kilbride, Billy House, Richard Long and Fuzzy Knight.	1947
4/7	729	Louise Allbritton, Lawrence Allbritton, and Lawrence Allbritton Jr. Caption on verso: FAMILY TIES -- Louise Allbritton on "The Egg and I" set receives a visit from her father, Lawrence Allbritton of Witchita Falls, Texas, and her elder brother, Lawrence Jr., of Los Angeles. It was the first time her father had seen her acting before the movie camera. Shortly after this picture was taken Miss Allbritton, featured in a cast in which Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray star, announced she was quitting Hollywood and going to New York to live so she could be with her husband, Charles Collingwood, radio announcer.	1947
4/7	730	Chips Rafferty and Fred MacMurray Caption on verso: HIGHBOYS -- Chips Rafferty, Australian star of "The Overlanders," six feet six inches, meets Fred MacMurray, six feet three, on the set of "The Egg and I," in which the American star shares top billing with Claudette Colbert for Universal-International.	1947
		MacDonald family in Hollywood
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4/8	731	Anne MacDonald Strunk, Betty MacDonald, Joan MacDonald, and Darsie Sugia standing by airplane Caption on verso: Leaving for Hollywood. Anne, Joan, Me, Darsie (who is not a half-wit)	January 1, 1947
4/8	732	Betty MacDonald holding a document	1947
4/8	733	Anne MacDonald Strunk and Joan MacDonald sitting with Claudette Colbert Caption on verso: AUTHOR'S DAUGHTERS -- Ann, (left) the elder, and Joan, children of Betty MacDonald, author of "The Egg and I," are shown in Hollywood with Claudette Colbert, who will co-stars with Fred MacMurray in the Universal-International picture from the book.	between June 30 - July 6, 1946
4/8	734	Joan MacDonald, William Goetz, Claudette Colbert, Jack Benny, and Edith Mayer Caption on verso: HOLLYWOOD PARTY -- Betty MacDonald, the "I" of "The Egg and I," was honored by filmland celebrities at a reception upon her visit to the Universal-International studios where her book is being filmed with Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray in starring roles. Left to right: Joan, the author's younger daughter; William Goetz, president of U-I; Miss Colbert, Comedian Jack Benny and Mrs. Goetz.	between June 30 - July 6, 1946
4/8	735	Betty MacDonald talking with Leo Spitz Caption on verso: AUTHOR IN HOLLYWOOD -- Betty MacDonald, Washington writer who wrote the best seller, "The Egg and I," shown with Leo Spitz, chairman of the board of Universal-International Productions, the company filming the hilarious poultry saga with Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray in starring roles.	1946
4/8	736-737	William Goetz and Betty MacDonald	1946
4/8	738	William Goetz and Betty MacDonald watch Leo Spitz cut a cake Caption on verso: CELEBRATION -- Informally marking the third anniversary of International Pictures, the company they founded, are Leo Spitz, left, and William Goetz, with Betty MacDonald, who wrote the best seller, "The Egg and I," now being filmed by the new Universal-International Productions, of which Spitz is chairman of the board and Goetz president in charge of production.	circa June 1946
4/8	739	Joan MacDonald, Betty MacDonald, and Anne MacDonald Strunk Caption on verso: HOLLYWOOD GREETS AUTHOR -- Betty MacDonald, of the perpendicular pronoun in "The Egg and I," which is rapidly nearing a sale of 1,500,000 copies, is shown with her two daughters, Joan, the younger on the left, and Anne, who accompanied their famous mother to Hollywood where Universal-International is filming the book with Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray as the stars.	between June 30 - July 6, 1946
4/8	740	Betty MacDonald and Claudette Colbert	1946
4/9	741a-b	Phyllis Calvert, Betty MacDonald, and Robert Siodmak Caption on verso of 741b: "EGG AND I" AUTHOR MEETS "GOOD EGG" FROM ENGLAND. British actress Phyllis Calvert (L) made the acquaintance of Betty MacDonald, author of the best-selling "The Egg and I," during the filming of Miss Calvert's American debut film, Rachel Field's "Time Out of Mind." Phyllis and Betty are shown with Robert Siodmak, producer and director of "Time Out of Mind." Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray will be seen as co-stars in the Universal-International film version of "The Egg and I".	1947
4/9	742	Betty MacDonald being presented with an honorary Pacific States Butter, Egg, Cheese, and Poultry Association membership certificate by Dean Olson and Paul Messer Caption on verso: HONORED -- Betty MacDonald, who discouraged untold future generations of amateur poultry raisers by her hilarious best-seller "The Egg and I," received an accolade of the Pacific States Butter, Egg, Cheese and Poultry Association when she came to Hollywood to make her film debut in a short in which she plays herself. Here she is receiving an honorary membership in the Association from President Dean Olson (center) and Secretary Paul Messer at Universal-International studio where her book was filmed with Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray in starring roles.	January 2, 1947
4/9	743	Don and Betty MacDonald and members of the Pacific States Butter, Egg, Cheese, and Poultry Association Caption on verso: HONORED -- Betty MacDonald, who discouraged untold future generations of amateur poultry raisers by her hilarious best-seller "The Egg and I," received an accolade of the Pacific States Butter, Egg, Cheese and Poultry Association when she came to Hollywood to make her film debut in a short in which she plays herself. Here she is as honor guest of an Association luncheon at Universal-International studio where her book was filmed with Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray in starring roles.Identified people in photograph: Don MacDonald (front row, second from left), Betty MacDonald (front row, center), Dean Olson (front row, second from right), Paul Messer (front row, right)	1947
4/9	744	Don MacDonald, Claudette Colbert, and Betty MacDonald on the set of The Egg and I	1947
4/9	745	Bill Ely putting makeup on Betty MacDonald Caption on verso: MOVIE DEBUT -- Betty ("The Egg and I") MacDonald faced a movie camera for the first time when she came to Universal-International to play herself in a short that will be shown in advance of the feature, which stars Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray. Here she undergoes a step in the preliminary "processing" the movie camera demands. The makeup artist is Bill Ely.	1947
4/9	746a-b	Betty MacDonald and Paul Messer holding a chicken in a cage Written by Betty MacDonald on verso of item 746a: The [head?] of the Butter & Egg industry	1946
4/9	747	Betty MacDonald, Ziggy Elman, and Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey	July 1946
4/10	748	Betty MacDonald, Danny Kaye, Joan MacDonald, and Anne MacDonald Strunk	July 1946
4/10	749	Anne MacDonald Strunk and Danny Kaye Written on photo: To Anne, with love and kisses, Danny Kaye	July 1946
4/10	750	Joan MacDonald and Danny Kaye Written on photo: To Joan, with love and kisses, Danny Kaye	July 1946
4/10	751	Betty MacDonald and William Bendix on the set of I'll Be Yours	1946
4/10	752	Don and Betty MacDonald, Sydney Bard, and William Bendix on the set of I'll Be Yours	1946
4/10	753-754	Betty MacDonald, a woman, and two men watching Burl Ives sing and play guitar	probably 1946
		Publicity
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4/11	755	Publicity photograph of Lois Collier wearing hat inspired by The Egg and I Caption on verso: Actress Lois Collier models an attractive "Egg and I" chapeau especially created for milady's spring wardrobe by Peter Bondi, New York designer. Lois, considered one of filmland's best-dressed young stars, recently completed a Technicolor assignment with Yvonne De Carlo and George Brent in Universal-International's "Slave Girl".	1947
4/11	756-757	Patricia Alphin holding up boxes of eggs in front of The Egg and I promotional display Caption on verso: EGGS-CITEMENT - Pretty Pat Alphin sells for the benefit of the Braille Institute, suppliers of books for the blind, the egg crop from the ranch operated within Universal-International studio for the making of "The Egg and I," starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray. The eggs were sold at the famous Farmers Market in Los Angeles.	1946
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4/11	758	The Egg and I ice sculpture Written by Betty MacDonald on verso: Egg and I in ice at Hollywood cocktail party	probably 1946-1947

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