The Zeransky Collection consists of more than 4,000 items related to silent and western movie actors and actresses. Arcade cards, postcards, lobby cards, advertising cards (trading cards), Dixie Cup lids, milk lids, and ephemera, ca. 1910-ca.1960s. Rodeo photographs reproduced as arcade cards are also included in the postcard series. Examples of notable movie actors represented in the collection are Art Acord, William Boyd (Hopalong Cassidy,) Johnny “Mack” Brown, Yakima Canutt, Harry Carey, Fred Church, Ray “Crash” Corrigan, William Desmond, “Wild Bill” Elliott (Red Ryder), Dustin & William Farnum, Hoot Gibson, Monte Hale, William S. Hart, Jack Holt, Jack Hoxie, Buck Jones, Allan “Rocky” Lane, Bob Livingston, Tim McCoy, Leo Maloney, Ken Maynard, Tom Mix, Pete Morrison, George O’Brien, Jack Perrin, Tex Ritter, Roy Rogers, Buddy Roosevelt, Tom Santschi, Charles Starrett (The Durango Kid,) Bob Steele, Roy Stewart, Fred Thomson, Tom Tyler, Wally Wales, John Wayne, Ted Wells, and actresses Dale Evans, Ruth Roland, Eileen Sedgwick, and Lois Wilson. Below are just a few of the items in the collection. Please also view the Guide to the John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection.
Arcade Cards, Men
Art Acord
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0026
Gene Autry
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0096
William Boyd
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0188
Johnny Mack Brown
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0201
Yakima Canutt
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0237
Harry Carey
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0266
Spade Cooley
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0343
William Desmond
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0395
William Farnum
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0455
Hoot Gibson
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0527
William S. Hart
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0594
Jack Hoxie
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0692
Jack Hoxie
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0229
Buck Jones
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0253
Buck Jones and Silver Buck
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0808
Tom Mix
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.1163
Tom Mix
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0328
Buddy Roosevelt
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0384
Bob Steele
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0390
Fred Thompson
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0406
Tom Tyler
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.1586
Wally Wales
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.1601
John Wayne
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.1618
Will Rogers
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0380
Arcade Cards, Women
Dale Evans
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.1715
Josie Sedgewick
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.0438
Edith Stirling
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.2070
Arcade Cards, Multiple Persons
Leo Maloney in “Obligin’ Buckaroo”
Kermit Maynard in “Cow Country”
Jack Padjan in “Cowboy’s Romance”
Pete Morrison in “Buckaroo Kid”
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.2.1813
Postcards, Movie
“War Paint”
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.5.0531
Postcards, Multiple Persons
Bill Cody and Neal Hart
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.5.0456
Roy Hughes and Rex Bell
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.5.0467
Stamp postcard with Lefty Flynn, Tex Maynard, Buzz Barton, Tom Santschi, Wm. Duncan, Rex Bell.
Milkcaps
Roy Rogers
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.3.0010
Bill Elliott and Tex Ritter
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.3.0004
Cigarette Cards
Edwards, Ringer & Bigg, Imperial Tobacco Co.
Dustin Farnum
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.8.0234
Player’s Cigarette card
Thomas Ince
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.8.0251
Player’s Cigarette card
Ruth Roland
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.8.0263
Stroller’s Cigarette card
Thomas Meighan
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.8.0301
Stroller’s Cigarette card
Monte Blue
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.8.0415
Stroller’s Cigarette card
Jack W. Kerrigan
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.8.0374
Will’s Cigarettes card
Pete Morrison
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.8.0465
Will’s Cigarettes card
Antonio Moreno
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.8.0464
Louise Lorraine
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.8.0344
Trade Cards
American Caramel Company, Lancaster and York, PA
Harry Carey
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.8.0024
Neilson’s Chocolate
Marie Prevost
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.8.0046
Koester’s Tosty Bread
Gladys Hulette
John Zeransky Western Film Ephemera Collection
2002.203.8.0468
