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The Cast, Crew, and Set
“Meet Ethel and Fred,” 1953
Scrapbook page featuring article “Meet Ethel and Fred,” 1953. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (036.00.00)
[Digital ID # lucy0036]
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
I Love Lucy’s Emmy Awards Celebration, 1954
Scrapbook page with photographs of Emmy Awards celebration, 1954. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (045.00.00)
[Digital ID # lucy0045]
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
Popularity of I Love Lucy
“TV’s First Family,” Life magazine, April 6, 1953. Cover. New York: Time, Inc., 1953. Courtesy of Private Collector (049.00.00)
[Digital ID # lucy0049]
© 1953 Time Inc. LIFE is a registered trademark of Time Inc.
The I Love Lucy Cast, 1956
Photograph of the I Love Lucy cast, 1956. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (048.00.00)
[Digital ID # lucy0048]
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
First Comic Book Issue of I Love Lucy
I Love Lucy Comics, Vol. 1, no. 1, 1954. Cover. New York: Dell Publications Co., 1954. Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress (092.00.00)
[Digital ID # lucy0092]
I Love Lucy—On the Move
Hollywood
I Love Lucy Comics, Vol. 1, no. 13, 1956. Cover. New York: Dell Publications Co., 1956. Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress (057.00.00)
[Digital ID # lucy0057]
Courtesy of Random House, Inc.
Europe
Scrapbook page showing an article from TV Star Parade regarding the fifth season’s European tour, 1956. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (064.00.00)
[Digital ID # lucy0064p1]
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
“Lucy Goes to Scotland,” 1956
Scrapbook page showing an image of Ball and Arnaz costumed for Lucy’s dream of Scotland from Episode No. 144, “Lucy Goes to Scotland,” 1956. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (065.00.00)
[Digital ID # lucy0065]
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
“Lucy’s Italian Movie,” 1956
Photograph of Lucille Ball and Teresa Tirelli from Episode No. 150, “Lucy’s Italian Movie,” 1956. Facsimile. Courtesy of Private Collector (067.00.00)
[Digital ID # lucy0067]
Use of photo still from I Love Lucy courtesy of CBS Broadcasting, Inc.
Florida and Cuba
Photograph of scene from Episode No. 161, “Desert Island,” 1956. Facsimile. Courtesy of Private Collector (074.00.00)
[Digital ID # lucy0074]
Use of photo still from I Love Lucy courtesy of CBS Broadcasting, Inc.
“The Ricardos Visit Cuba,” 1956
Scrapbook page with material relating to Episode No. 162, “The Ricardos Visit Cuba,” 1956. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (075.00.00)
[Digital ID # lucy0075]
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 Desi-Lucy Love Story,”
Robert Vose, photographer. “The Desi-Lucy Love Story,” Look, December 25, 1956. Cover (with Keith Thibodeaux). Des Moines, Iowa: Cowles Media, 1956. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (077.00.00)
[Digital ID # cph-3g04889]
Suburbia
Script page from Episode No. 169, “Lucy Misses the Mertzes,” 1957. Facsimile. Jess Oppenheimer Collection. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (082.01.00)
[Digital ID # lucy0082_01]
Courtesy of Gregg Oppenheimer
“Building a Barbecue,” 1957
Photograph of I Love Lucy cast in the backyard patio from Episode No. 176, “Building a Barbecue,” 1957. Courtesy of Desilu, too, LLC (084.00.00)
[Digital ID # lucy0084]
Use of photo still from I Love Lucy courtesy of CBS Broadcasting, Inc.
Theme Songs
“Babalu,” 1940s
Desi Arnaz, composer. John Frederick Pickering, arranger
“Babalu,” 1940s. Manuscript drum part. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (020.00.00)
[Digital ID # lucy0020]
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
“I Love Lucy,” Theme Song
Eliot Daniel, composer. Harold Adamson, lyricist. “I Love Lucy.” Sheet Music. New York: Miller Music, 1953. Music Division, Library of Congress (018.00.00)
[Digital ID # lucy0018]
Courtesy of MPL Music Publishing and the ASCAP Foundation
Legacy
“Desilu: The Story of an Empire”
Lloyd Shearer. Scrapbook page showing article regarding Desilu Productions, Inc, “Desilu: The Story of an Empire.” Parade magazine, October 13, 1957.
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (088.00.00)
[Digital ID # lucy0088]
© 1957 Lloyd Sherer. Initially published in Parade Magazine. All rights reserved
Lucy & Gang, 1992
Ralph Marlin, designer. Lucy & Gang, 1992 (Image showing Ball, Arnaz, Vance, and Frawley from Episode No. 110, “California, Here We Come!” ca. 1990). 100% polyester necktie. Courtesy of Private Collector, (093.01.00)
[Digital ID # lucy0093_01]
Rights to the images in this collection are the sole property of Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz, Jr./Desilu, too, LLC
Courtesy of Ralph Marlin
I Love Lucy: Celebrating 50 years of Love and Laughter
Elisabeth Edwards. I Love Lucy: Celebrating 50 years of Love and Laughter. Philadelphia: Running Press Book Publishers, 2010. Music Division, Library of Congress (097.01.00)
[Digital ID # lucy0097_02]
Courtesy of Elisabeth Edwards
Use of cover image from I Love Lucy courtesy of CBS Broadcasting, Inc.
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