(COSTUME) MacGeachy Cora Wonderful archive of costume design

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COSTUME DESIGNS FOR BROADWAY MUSICALS (COSTUME.) MacGeachy, Cora. Wonderful archive of costume designs by Cora MacGeachy, noted Broadway costume designer, including a scrapbook containing over 400 mounted costume designs, principally smaller scraps of paper with predominantly graphite sketches but with a few watercolors as well, plus 3 larger single sheet color sketches; the larger sketches Signed, scattered scraps in the scrapbook Signed as well. New York, 1910s-20s

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Cora MacGeachy is one of the premier costume designers of the first quarter of the 20th century. She was the sole costume designer for several dozen Broadway musicals and revues, including a number produced by Florenz Ziegfeld. She also designed costumes in collaboration with others for many more shows. The sketches in the scrapbook are generally quite small but most often contain great detail. MacGeachy has identified many of the sketches by pencil notes indicating the name of the musical number or show in which they were to be used. The shows include several annual productions of Ziegfeld's Follies, George M. Cohan's Merry Malones, and numerous others.