The Photographs series documents Ruth Page’s personal life, family, and travels, her works and professional collaborations, the creative community in Chicago, and the world of dance. The personal and professional aspects of Page’s life were intricately entwined, and many of the photographs in this series provide evidence of both. Photographic formats in this series include black and white and color prints and negatives, Polaroid instant photographs, color slides, glass and film stereoscopic slides, photographs printed as postcards, and cabinet photographs. Photographs of Ruth Page include portraits by notable photographers, some signed, promotional shots for productions, and informal photographs with family and friends. The large amount of material in the Photographs series that documents productions includes early photos of Ruth Page performing with Anna Pavlova’s touring company and with Adolf Bolm, Page and others performing her choreography, both in companies affiliated with Page and by companies who leased the rights to her works. Page attained a notable level of success with her larger story ballets, which includes her most famous work, Frankie and Johnny, as well as Billy Sunday, Carmen, Die Fledermaus, the Merry Widow, and Alice, and there are many photographs in this series of research materials and costume and set designs for these ballets. The production photographs are primarily black and white press and publicity shots, but there are some color photographs and snapshots. Many of the photographs of other dancers are head shots and performance photographs from the Civic Ballet and Ruth Page Center personnel files. Of particular interest in the Photographs series are photos of notable dancers, musicians, and artists including Adolf Bolm, Harald Kreutzberg, Bentley Stone, Rudolf Nureyev, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Margot Fonteyn, Frederick Ashton, Isamu Noguchi, Antoni Clave, Anna Pavlova, and Robert Joffrey, Also of note are materials documenting Page’s east Asian travels and performances in 1929-1930 and her travels in Greece with Margot Fonteyn and Frederick Ashton in 1950-1951.