1960s Era Lucas Ohio Malabar Farms brochure-Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall too!

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Check it out...Here's a classic original @ 8 1/2" tall by 3 3/4" wide multi-panel foldout brochure from the famous Malabar Farm in Lucas, Ohio (where Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall were married) back in the 1960s-Titled "Louis Bromfield Malabar Pleasant Valley, Lucas, Ohio, U.S.A."-The cover pictures a cartoon image of author & Disney screenwriter Louis Bromfield and has a 4-panel info / photos map panel inside full of history and info inside too Original owner has written "Humphrey Bogart + Lauren Bacall were married here. 500 invited. 3,000 came" as well as enclosing a separate piece of paper with more info about Bromfield's Disney ties written on it- How cool is that? How many of these throwaway items survived? A great vintage display item in good condition with usual wear from age & normal use- Postage is $ 3.95 on this item.
1960s Era Lucas Ohio Malabar Farms brochure-Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall too!
1960s Era Lucas Ohio Malabar Farms brochure-Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall too!
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Check it out...Here's a classic original @ 8 1/2" tall by 3 3/4" wide multi-panel foldout brochure from the famous Malabar Farm in Lucas, Ohio (where Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall were married) back in the 1960s-Titled "Louis Bromfield Malabar Pleasant Valley, Lucas, Ohio, U.S.A."-The cover pictures a cartoon image of author & Disney screenwriter Louis Bromfield and has a 4-panel info / photos map panel inside full of history and info inside too Original owner has written "Humphrey Bogart + Lauren Bacall were married here. 500 invited. 3,000 came" as well as enclosing a separate piece of paper with more info about Bromfield's Disney ties written on it- How cool is that?
Here's some info on the farm and the wedding:
In the late 1930s, Louis Bromfield moved back to the United States, to his childhood surroundings in Ohio. In the rolling countryside of Richland County, Louis Bromfield, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and dedicated conservationist, created his dream -- Malabar Farm. Inspired by his love of the land, Bromfield restored the rich fertility of the farmlands and preserved the beauty of the woodlands. He built a 32-room country home, where his family, friends and neighbors could share the pleasure of life on the farm. In his book, Pleasant Valley, Bromfield wrote, "Every inch of it (the house) has been in hard use since it was built and will, I hope go on being used in the same fashion so long as it stands. Perhaps one day it will belong to the state together with the hills, valleys and woods of Malabar Farm." Bromfield's prophecy came true in August 1972, when the state of Ohio accepted the deed to Malabar Farm. The state pledged to preserve the beauty and ecological value of the farm. Earlier that year, Bromfield's legacy to future generations came close to being extinguished. Malabar Farm, owned and operated by the Louis Bromfield Malabar Farm Foundation for 14 years, was threatened with foreclosure. But the Noble Foundation, which held the mortgage, agreed to erase the mortgage and accrued interest -- about 0,000 -- when the state of Ohio accepted Malabar Farm as a gift to the people of Ohio. From 1972 to 1976, Malabar Farm was operated jointly by Ohio's Department of Natural Resources and Department of Agriculture. Then in 1976, Malabar became one of Ohio's state parks. As a park, Malabar Farm is dedicated to perpetuating Bromfield's farming philosophies, preserving the Big House and its many artifacts, and providing a place where visitors can explore life on a farm and the beauty of nature.
Malabar Farm, in Lucas, Ohio, just outside of Mansfield, was where Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart were married and spent their honeymoon. Bacall was known for starring in four films alongside then-husband actor Humphrey Bogart. She was married to Humphrey Bogart at the age of 20 and appeared with him in several films, including "Key Largo," ""The Big Sleep," "Dark Passage" and "To Have and Have Not." Lauren, 20, and Humphrey, 45, held their wedding ceremony at Malabar Farm, the country home of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Louis Bromfield, a lifelong friend of Bogart's. The couple got married between the double staircases and the Paramount Newsreel cameras were there, even when they cut the cake. The breakfast nook of the "big house" is still decorated with photos of them and the same exact table where they cut their cake is there. Bacall was a movie star from almost her first moment on the silver screen. A fashion model and bit-part New York actress before moving to Hollywood at 19, Bacall achieved immediate fame in 1944 with one scene in her first film, "To Have and Have Not." Leaving Humphrey Bogart's hotel room, Bacall murmured: "You don't have to say anything, and you don't have to do anything. Not a thing. Oh, maybe just whistle. You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow." With that cool, sultry come-on, not only was a star born, but the beginning of a legend, her title burnished over the years with pivotal roles, signature New York wit, and a marriage to Bogart that accounted for one of the most famous Hollywood couples of all time. The Academy-Award nominated actress received two Tonys, an honorary Oscar and scores of film and TV roles. But, to her occasional frustration, she was remembered for her years with Bogart and treated more as a star by the film industry than as an actress. Bacall would outlive her husband by more than 50 years. They were "Bogie and Bacall" — the hard-boiled couple who could fight and make up with the best of them. Unlike Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, Bogart and Bacall were not a story of opposites attracting but of kindred, smoldering spirits. She was less than half Bogart's age, yet as wise, and as jaded as he was. They threw all-night parties, palled around with Frank Sinatra and others and formed a gang of California carousers known as the Holmby Hills Rat Pack, which Sinatra would resurrect after Bogart's death.
How many of these throwaway items survived? A great vintage display item in good condition with usual wear from age & normal use-
Postage is $ 3.95 on this item.
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