Latin Roots/Yankee Roots

• Scrapbook page showing press coverage of Arnaz’s debut role on Broadway in Too Many Girls, 1940. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (001.00.00)
  [Digital ID # lucy0001p1]
  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
• Scrapbook page showing advertisements and press coverage surrounding Arnaz’s appearance at Miami Beach’s Rumba Casino, 1941. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (004.00.00)
  [Digital ID # lucy0004]
  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
• Scrapbook page showing publicity photographs of Ball and Arnaz, ca. 1945. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (006.00.00)
  [Digital ID # lucy0006]
  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
• Scrapbook page with photographs of Arnaz boating, ca. 1945. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (008.00.00)
  [Digital ID # lucy0008]
  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
• Scrapbook page with images of Ball and her first automobile shortly after her arrival in Hollywood, 1933. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (009.00.00)
  [Digital ID # lucy0009p1]
  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
• Scrapbook pages with photographs of Ball at the swimming pool at their Desilu “ranch” in Chatsworth, California, ca. 1942. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (012.00.00)
  [Digital ID # lucy0012]
  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
• Scrapbook pages with photographs of Arnaz at the swimming pool at their Desilu “ranch” in Chatsworth, California, ca. 1942. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (013.00.00)
  [Digital ID # lucy0013]
  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
• Scrapbook page with a photograph of Ball and Arnaz, in the late 1940s. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (016.00.00)
  [Digital ID # lucy0016]
  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
• Image from scrapbook page showing Ball and Arnaz following their second wedding at Our Lady of the Valley Church in Canoga Park, California, on June 19, 1949. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (026.00.00)
  [Digital ID # lucy0026p1]
  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
• Scrapbook pages showing photographs of Ball and Arnaz in their vaudeville show, 1951. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (022.00.00)
  [Digital ID # lucy0022]
  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
• Scrapbook pages showing photographs of Ball and Arnaz in their vaudeville show, 1951. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (024.00.00)
  [Digital ID # lucy0024]
  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

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The Cast, Crew, and Set

• Jess Oppenheimer. Original concept and receipt for registration of original concept for I Love Lucy, 1951. Facsimiles. Jess Oppenheimer Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (026.01.00a-026.01.00b)
  [Digital ID # lucy0026_01 and lucy0026_01p1]
  Courtesy of Gregg Oppenheimer
• Scrapbook page featuring the I Love Lucy writers, 1954. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (026.02.00)
  [Digital ID # lucy0026_02]
  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
• Scrapbook page featuring Ball and Arnaz with scenes from the series, 1952. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (028.01.00)
  [Digital ID # lucy0028p1]
  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
• Rehearsal and shooting schedule for Episode No. 1, “Lucy Thinks Ricky is Trying to Murder Her,” 1951. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (032.00.00)
  [Digital ID # lucy0032]
  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
• Photograph of Arnaz “warming up” the audience prior to filming, 1952. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (035.00.00). 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
• Scrapbook page featuring coverage of the birth of Ball and Arnaz’s real-life baby, Desi Arnaz, Jr., 1953. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (043.00.00)
  [Digital ID # lucy0043]
  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
  TV Guide Magazine cover Courtesy of TV Guide Magazine, LLC © 1953
• Scrapbook page including cover story about writing Ball’s pregnancy into the I Love Lucy story line, 1953. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (037.00.00)
  [Digital ID # lucy0037p1]
  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
• Photograph of Ball and Arnaz from Episode No. 50, “Lucy is ‘Enceinte,’ ” 1952. Courtesy of Private Collector (038.00.00)
  [Digital ID # lucy0038]
  Use of photo still from I Love Lucy courtesy of CBS Broadcasting, Inc.
• Press releases, 1952. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (044.00.01–044.00.02)
  [Digital ID # lucy0044p1 and lucy0044p2]
  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
• 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
• 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
• “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.
• 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
• 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]

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I Love Lucy—On the Move

• 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.
• Script page from Episode No. 132, “The Great Train Robbery,” 1955. Facsimile. Jess Oppenheimer Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (059.00.00)
  [Digital ID # lucy0059]. Courtesy of Gregg Oppenheimer
• 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
• 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
• 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.
• 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.
• 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
• 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]
• 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
• 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.

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Theme Songs

• 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
• 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

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Legacy

• 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
• 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
• 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.
• Desi Arnaz paper doll, 1953. Photomechanical print: halftone, color. USA: Whitman Publishing Company, 1953. Music Division, Library of Congress (089.00.00)
  [Digital ID # cph-3g04416]
  Rights to the images in this collection are the sole property of Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz, Jr./Desilu, too, LLC
• Lucille Ball paper doll, 1953. Photomechanical print: halftone, color. USA: Whitman Publishing Company, 1953. Music Division, Library of Congress (090.00.00)
  [Digital ID # chp-3g04417]
  Rights to the images in this collection are the sole property of Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz, Jr./Desilu, too, LLC
• Little Ricky paper doll, 1953. Photomechanical print: halftone, color. USA: Whitman Publishing Company, 1953. Music Division, Library of Congress (091.00.00)
  [Digital ID # cph-3g04418]
  Rights to the images in this collection are the sole property of Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz, Jr./Desilu, too, LLC
• “Lucy and Ricky Kissing on Couch,” 2010. Salt and pepper shakers. Courtesy of Private Collector (97.00.00)
  [Digital ID # lucy0097]
  Rights to the images in this collection are the sole property of Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz, Jr./Desilu, too, LLC
• I Love Lucy: The Complete First Season on DVD. Cover. Music Division, Library of Congress (095.00.00)
  [Digital ID # lucy0095]
  CBS Broadcasting Inc. and Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved © 2005
• Photograph of scene from Episode No. 42, “The Courtroom,” 1952. Facsimile. Music Division, Library of Congress (109.00.00)
  Courtesy of Desilu, too, LLC
  Use of photo still from I Love Lucy courtesy of CBS Broadcasting, Inc.

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