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AEDChester Morris' USO Performance Archive.
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About Auction
LiveJun 25, 2026
This sale encompasses Hollywood, sports, and music memorabilia; as well as toys, games, comics, and pop culture collectibles. Highlights include a Walt Disney letter from a newly discovered trove of material belonging to actor Chester Morris; a pair of cast and crew mugs gifted by John Wayne; an original Charles Addams cartoon published in The New Yorker; and a complete Harlem Globetrotters player-issued uniform. Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com
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- Lot Description
Chester Morris' USO Performance Archive. V.p., 1940 - 1945. Leather-bound scrapbook full of newspaper clippings, as well as professional and personal photographs documenting the stage performances, appearances, and travel of the members of the USO shows, including many Hollywood actors and entertainers.
Pages of photographs throughout, and includes an autopen signed framed portrait from then-Supreme Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower, as well as from other leaders of the Armed Forces.
Morris performed over 350 shows and was praised by those around him for his dedication. Correspondence from soldiers, show spectators, business owners, and organizations involved in the war effort, writing to Morris with praise, including the Hollywood Canteen, with signed messages from then-President Bette Davis thanking Morris for his dedicated service.
Frame 19 1/2 x 15".
Condition
Deterioration to binding, with brittle leather throughout; areas of loss to exterior; toning to sheets and images; many contents are now loose.
- Provenance
From the Personal Collection of actor Chester Morris.
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