Stardom in the 1940s
Scrapbook page showing press coverage of Arnaz’s debut role on Broadway in Too Many Girls, 1940. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (001.00.00)
[Digital ID # lucy0001p1]
All scrapbooks donated by Lucie Arnaz. Rights to the images in the photographs and scrapbook items in this collection are the sole property of Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz, Jr./Desilu, too, LLC

Publicity Photographs of Ball and Arnaz, ca. 1945
Scrapbook page showing publicity photographs of Ball and Arnaz, ca. 1945. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (006.00.00)
[Digital ID # lucy0006]
All scrapbooks donated by Lucie Arnaz. Rights to the images in the photographs and scrapbook items in this collection are the sole property of Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz, Jr./Desilu, too, LLC

Ball with her First Automobile in Hollywood, 1933
Scrapbook page with images of Ball and her first automobile shortly after her arrival in Hollywood, 1933. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (009.00.00)
[Digital ID # lucy0009p1]
All scrapbooks donated by Lucie Arnaz. Rights to the images in the photographs and scrapbook items in this collection are the sole property of Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz, Jr./Desilu, too, LLC

Arnaz at the swimming pool at their Desilu “ranch” in Chatsworth, California, ca. 1942
Scrapbook pages with photographs of Arnaz at the swimming pool at their Desilu “ranch” in Chatsworth, California, ca. 1942. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (013.00.00)
[Digital ID # lucy0013]
All scrapbooks donated by Lucie Arnaz. Rights to the images in the photographs and scrapbook items in this collection are the sole property of Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz, Jr./Desilu, too, LLC

Ball’s and Arnaz’s Second Wedding on June 19, 1949
Image from scrapbook page showing Ball and Arnaz following their second wedding at Our Lady of the Valley Church in Canoga Park, California, on June 19, 1949. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (026.00.00)
[Digital ID # lucy0026p1]
All scrapbooks donated by Lucie Arnaz. Rights to the images in the photographs and scrapbook items in this collection are the sole property of Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz, Jr./Desilu, too, LLC

Ball and Arnaz in their vaudeville show, 1951
Scrapbook pages showing photographs of Ball and Arnaz in their vaudeville show, 1951. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (024.00.00)
[Digital ID # lucy0024]
All scrapbooks donated by Lucie Arnaz. Rights to the images in the photographs and scrapbook items in this collection are the sole property of Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz, Jr./Desilu, too, LLC

The I Love Lucy Writers, 1954
Scrapbook page featuring the I Love Lucy writers, 1954. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (026.02.00)
[Digital ID # lucy0026_02]
All scrapbooks donated by Lucie Arnaz. Rights to the images in the photographs and scrapbook items in this collection are the sole property of Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz, Jr./Desilu, too, LLC

Rehearsal and shooting schedule for Episode No. 1, “Lucy Thinks Ricky is Trying to Murder Her,” 1951
Rehearsal and shooting schedule for Episode No. 1, “Lucy Thinks Ricky is Trying to Murder Her,” 1951. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (032.00.00)
[Digital ID # lucy0032]
All scrapbooks donated by Lucie Arnaz. Rights to the images in the photographs and scrapbook items in this collection are the sole property of Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz, Jr./Desilu, too, LLC

Television’s Baby
Scrapbook page featuring coverage of the birth of Ball and Arnaz’s real-life baby, Desi Arnaz, Jr., 1953. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (043.00.00)
[Digital ID # lucy0043]
All scrapbooks donated by Lucie Arnaz. Rights to the images in the photographs and scrapbook items in this collection are the sole property of Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz, Jr./Desilu, too, LLC
TV Guide Magazine cover Courtesy of TV Guide Magazine, LLC © 1953

Ball and Arnaz from Episode No. 50, “Lucy is ‘Enceinte,’ ” 1952
Photograph of Ball and Arnaz from Episode No. 50, “Lucy is ‘Enceinte,’ ” 1952. Courtesy of Private Collector (038.00.00)
[Digital ID # lucy0038]
Use of photo still from I Love Lucy courtesy of CBS Broadcasting, Inc.