A good ole fashioned hoedown was theme one year for Lucie Arnaz’s birthday party based on this original invitation. Held at the house on Roxbury Drive in Beverly Hills, guests were asked to “wear yer Levi’s ‘n ginghams” and RSVP for the July 17th celebration. Reading this flyer sounds like script from the I Love Lucy episodes where Cousin Ernie visited the Ricardos.
French Empire, Venetian and Provincial was the decor of Lucille Ball’s Manhattan apartment in the early 1960’s. The color scheme of sunshine yellow and whites were all throughout the 23th floor of the Imperial House at 150 E. 69th Street.
This large, circular shaped ashtray with rooster design sat on the side table in her ‘comfortable’ guest-study. Measuring 9″ across the hand-painted ceramic piece was made in Italy with less than 495 in existance, this one being #50. When Lucy moved back to Beverly Hills she gifted the ashtray to her neice, Pamela Ball-Von Pinnon who retained it for the next five decades.
It is amazing to see costumes and props being utilized multiple times. This brass serpent bracelet is one such item that spanned the course of two decades and three different Lucille Ball series. It was first seen on Vivian Vance’s (Ethel Mertz) arm in the I Love Lucy episode “Charm School” from season 3 which aired on January 25, 1954. Then Lucy Carmichael wore it on the first episode of season 2 of The Lucy Show – “Lucy Plays Cleopatra” that aired on September 30, 1963. Several years later it makes a final appearance on Lucie Arnaz’s arm, on the season 2 Here’s Lucy episode “Lucy and the Generation Gap” airing on December 8, 1969.
This color 6″ x 8″ family photo of Lucille Ball, Gary Morton, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. sat on a side table inside 1000 N. Roxbury Drive. The picture was taken at the front door of the home in the mid to 60’s. The brass framed portrait can be seen next to Lucy in a fantastic candid 3.5″ x 3.5″ personal snapshot. Fans may recognize the red dress Lucy is wearing from The Lucy Show and Yours, Mine and Ours.
