Original oversize photograph of a sleeping Bob Hope, 1949

N.p. N.p., Circa 1949. Vintage oversize press photograph of Bob Hope sleeping on an airplane, 1949. Stamp of Graphic House Inc. crediting photographer Murray Garrett, newspaper clipping with a December 1949 date stamp, and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso.

Hope toured military bases in Alaska, at Kodiak, Fairbanks, and Anchorage, in December of 1949.

From the archive of the PIX Agency, an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well as those still living in Europe) and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969.

11.25 x 14 inches, archivally matted in an 8-ply white mat measuring 16 x 20 inches. Very Good plus, with annotations regarding cropping on the recto margins.

[Book #163072]