Edna Fischer "San Francisco's First Lady Of and 50 similar items

Vintage original 8x10 in. US double-weight matte publicity photograph of the popular radio personality EDNA FISCHER c.1930s, dubbed "The First Lady of San Francisco's Radio." The image depicts an interior studio publicity shot of Miss Fischer wearing a dark dress with a matching hat and a large necklace. This photograph was taken by the famed Paralta Studio of San Francisco, California and features their logo to the left of her image. This photograph was inscribed in black ink by Edna Fischer thusly: With every good wish - to Edward Schrader Jr. - Cordially - Edna Fischer - K.L.X. - K.P.O. While a young man, Edward Schrader Jr. served in the US Navy and was an avid autograph collector of motion picture stars, radio stars, and other entertainment personalities. Printed on double-weight stock with a beautiful matte finish, it is in very fine- condition with a 1 in. diagonal crease and a tiny chip on the top left corner within the borders only; a very light unobtrusive 2 in. diagonal crease on the top right corner that goes through the upper background area but is barely noticeable; and a 0.75 in. diagonal crease on the bottom right corner within the borders only. Miss Fischer's inscription and signature and bold and vibrant without any signs of fading or flaws to it. Silent Cinema Inc. (the seller here) personally guarantees the authenticity of Edna Fischer's inscription and signature. Edna Fischer's radio career began in 1918, at Berkeley's Claremont Hotel, where she participated in an experimental broadcast. "It was some sort of experimental station – I think it became KRE later on," she recalled. "In 1926," she said, "I suffered a multiple fracture of my right wrist in a car crash, canceled some East Coast appearances, and while I was recuperating, Fred Sherman (of San Francisco's Sherman, Clay Co.) encouraged me to get into radio at KFRC." KFRC-AM (610 kHz) then broadcast from studios in the plush Don Lee Cadillac building at 1000 Van Ness Ave. There, she became a regular on "Blue Monday Jamboree," one of the earliest and most popular local radio programs in the history of San Francisco radio, where she starred with Tommy Harris and Morey Amsterdam. She recorded The Varsity Drag and Rag Doll in Oakland and both were released as Victor 21380 in 1928. On October 1, 1938, then-mayor of San Francisco Dianne Feinstein officially proclaimed that day as "Edna Fischer Day."