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From The Pancho Barnes Trust Estate Archive: Pancho Barnes’ connection to the Pink Panther
As we continue digitizing the contents of the Pancho Barnes Trust Estate Archive, we’re constantly uncovering new connections. A great example of this is a letter dated August 30, 1949, from Management, Inc. in Beverly Hills, California. The letter is written by Guy Gadbois, a talent business manager for the Joe De Bona Racing Company, and is addressed to Pancho’s… [Read More]
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Hidden in Plain Sight – how the Pancho Barnes Archive was saved!
After a mysterious blaze in November 1953 ravaged Pancho Barnes’ Happy Bottom Riding Club, word quickly spread that Pancho had lost ‘everything.’ Or so folks were told… It was true that she lost several buildings, two Dalmatians, aviation trophies and awards, priceless papers, photographs and many personal possessions and furnishings too numerous to list in the destructive fire. But like… [Read More]
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About the Pancho Barnes Archive
The Pancho Barnes Trust Estate Archive is privately owned. The archive contains photographs, negatives, letters, as well as film, voice recordings, pilot logs, court and legal papers, depositions, bank checks, master recordings of her songs, and other materials documenting the life and times of Pancho Barnes. The good news is that, evidently, Pancho never threw anything away. Despite the fact… [Read More]
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