0309_0004 Nelson Riddle 1952 © 1978 Sid Avery

0092_3022 Bob Newhart 1961 © 1978 Sid Avery

0092_0087 Bob Newhart golfing 1961 © 1978 Sid Avery

0092_1371 Bob Newhart enacting his gunfighter routine at Paramount Studios, 1961. © 1978 Sid Avery MPTV

0300_0403 George Stevens with son George Stevens Jr. at Lakeside Golf Course in Burbank, California 1953 © 1978 Sid Avery

0091_0318 Merv Griffin 1965 © 1986 Sid Avery

0092_0507 Bob Newhart in his bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel, May 31, 1961. © 1978 Sid Avery MPTV

0091_0351 Merv Griffin 1965 © 1978 Sid Avery

0194_0074 Janet Leigh at home before the birth of her first daughter Kelly Curtis 1956 © 1978 Sid Avery

0191_0042 Frankie Laine playing cards with his wife Nan Grey and her two children 1954 © 1978 Sid Avery

0192_0014 Piper Laurie at home 1955 © 1978 Sid Avery

0091_0224 Merv Griffin 1965 © 1978 Sid Avery

0090_1073 Photographer Sid Avery and model Bobbie Whitbey during a photo shootcirca 1965 © 1978 Sid Avery

0292_0482 Jerry Lewis performing circa 1958 © 1978 Sid Avery

0089_0002 Hugh O'Brian in his costume from "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" 1957 © 1978 Sid Avery

0289_0376 Lee Liberace and his agent in a hotel room in San Francisco 1955 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0135_0056 Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Patricia Kennedy Lawford at the Democratic National Convention 1960 © 1978 Bruce McBroom

0080_0001 Rossano Brazzi and his neighbor, Jimmy Durante, in his backyard in Beverly Hills, CA 1958 © 1978 Sid Avery

0140_0002 El Rancho Drive-In in California 1956 © 1978 Sid Avery

0172_0005 Lew Hoad showering 1957 © 1978 Sid Avery

0083_0216 Sal Mineo on the set of "The Gene Krupa Story" 1959 Columbia Pictures © 1978 Sid Avery

0135_0055 Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Patricia Kennedy Lawford at the Democratic National Convention 1960 © 1978 Bruce McBroom

0078_0013 Jackie Cooper playing the drums as daughter Julie and son John Anthony look on 1961 © 1978 Sid Avery

0083_0212 Sal Mineo on the set of "The Gene Krupa Story" 1959 © 1978 Sid Avery

0122_0001 Governor Edmund G. 'Pat' Brown with supporters 1958 © 1978 Sid Avery

0076_0601 Teresa, Marlo, Danny, Rosemary and Tony Thomas at home 1959 © 1978 Sid Avery

0097_0012 Lawrence Welk 1957 © 1978 Sid Avery

0076_0604 Danny Thomas and Sheldon Leonard during "The Danny Thomas Show" (aka "Make Room for Daddy") 1959 © 1978 Sid Avery

0286_0758 Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and Janet Lake on the set of "77 Sunset Strip" 1961 © 1978 Sid Avery

0092_1226 Bob Newhart enacting his telephone operator routine 1961 © 1978 Sid Avery

0092_3020 Bob Newhart 1961 © 1978 Sid Avery

0097_1011 Lawrence Welk in his dressing room 1957 © 1978 Sid Avery

0092_0680 Bob Newhart golfing with Tennessee Ernie Ford 1961 © 1978 Sid Avery

0075_1151 Kirk Douglas with his wife, Anne, and sons, Peter and Eric, at home in Beverly Hills, CA 1962 © 1978 Sid Avery

0270_0014 Mike Wallace interviewing Lili St. Cyr 1957 © 1978 Sid Avery

0092_1151 Bob Newhart, Michele Girardon and Mort Sahl in front of the Crescendo nightclub 1961 © 1978 Sid Avery

0265_0003 Dalton Trumbo 1961 © 1978 Sid Avery

0092_3023 Bob Newhart 1961 © 1978 Sid Avery

0206_0002 Hollywood and Los Angeles Landmarks Jim Moran (Publicity Agent) at Schwab's, on Sunset / 1948 © 1978 Sid Avery

0265_0010 Dalton Trumbo in his office 1961 © 1978 Sid Avery

0097_0400 Lawrence Welk at the Aragon Ball Room in Santa Monica 1956 © 1978 Sid Avery

0092_0933 Bob Newhart in front of the Bronson Gate at Paramount Studios 1961 © 1978 Sid Avery

0092_0500 Bob Newhart in his bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel 1961 © 1978 Sid Avery

0081_0001 Red Skelton backstage on "The Shower of Stars" set 1955 © 1978 Sid Avery

0095_1031 Fred MacMurray and Irene Dunne doing a radio show 1951 © 1978 Sid Avery

0106_0005 Architect Welton Becket and Conrad Hilton standing in front of the Beverly Hilton Hotel 1958 © 1978 Sid Avery

0075_1149 Kirk Douglas with his wife, Anne, and sons, Peter and Eric, at home in Beverly Hills, CA 1962 © 1978 Sid Avery

0092_0669 Bob Newhart and Tom Poston 1961 © 1978 Sid Avery

0091_0346 Merv Griffin 1965 © 1986 Sid Avery

0075_0088 Kirk Douglas 1962 © 1978 Sid Avery

0092_0228 Bob Newhart golfing 1961 © 1978 Sid Avery

0092_0676 Bob Newhart with Sid Avery's Nikon camera, 1961. © 1978 Sid Avery MPTV

0080_0088 Rossano Brazzi and Dinah Shore 1957 © 1978 Sid Avery

0097_0031 Lawrence Welk serving it up at one of his picnics in Los Angeles 1957 © 1978 Sid Avery

0097_0009 Lawrence Welk serving it up at one of his picnics in Los Angeles 1957 © 1978 Sid Avery

0079_0055 Glenn Ford on the set of "The Sheepman" 1957 © 1978 Sid Avery

0079_0012 Glenn Ford at home with his pet dog 1958 © 1978 Sid Avery

0092_0005 Bob Newhart filming "Hell is for Heroes" at Paramount Studios, 1961. © 1978 Sid Avery MPTV

0092_0327 Bob Newhart golfing 1961 © 1978 Sid Avery

0092_3017 Bob Newhart 1961 © 1978 Sid Avery

0090_1092 Ron Avery at a book signing for "Sid Avery: The Art of the Hollywood Snapshot" 12-15-2012 / Arcana: Books on the Arts / Culver City, CA © 2012 Andrew Howick

0092_0136 Bob Newhart spoofing a golfer 1961 © 1986 Sid Avery

0092_0137 Bob Newhart spoofing a golfer, 1961. © 1978 Sid Avery MPTV

0079_0005 Glenn Ford on the set of "The Sheepman" 1957 © 1978 Sid Avery

0191_0025 Frankie Laine 1954 © 1978 Sid Avery

0078_0016 Jackie Cooper with Robert Culp 1961 © 1978 Sid Avery

0092_3008 Bob Newhart golfing at Lakeside Golf Course 1961 © 1978 Sid Avery

0092_1412 Bob Newhart golfing 1961 © 1978 Sid Avery

0191_0004 Frankie Laine with Connie Haines and his wife Nan Grey 1954 © 1978 Sid Avery

0091_0461 Merv Griffin 1965 © 1978 Sid Avery

0091_0450 Merv Griffin 1965 © 1978 Sid Avery

0092_0242 Bob Newhart golfing 1961 © 1978 Sid Avery

0077_0500 Stanley Kramer and his son at home in Los Angeles, CA, 1954. © 1978 Sid Avery MPTV

0091_0118 Merv Griffin 1965 © 1986 Sid Avery

0076_0085 Danny Thomas during "The Danny Thomas Show" (aka "Make Room for Daddy") 1959 © 1978 Sid Avery

0076_0600 Tony, Rosemary, Marlo, Danny and Teresa Thomas at home 1959 © 1978 Sid Avery

0091_0462 Merv Griffin 1965 © 1978 Sid Avery

0091_0463 Merv Griffin 1965 © 1978 Sid Avery

0090_0085 Photographer Sid Avery (self-portrait) 1942 © 1978 Sid Avery

0076_0003 Danny Thomas with his wife Rosemary, and children, Theresa, Marlo and Tony at their home in Beverly Hills, California 1958 © 1978 Sid Avery

0079_0004 Glenn Ford with Shirley MacLaine and director George Marshall on the set of "The Sheepman" 1957 © 1978 Sid Avery

0073_2132 Bing Crosby on the Paramount set of "Anything Goes" 04-27-1955 © 1978 Sid Avery

0191_0043 Frankie Laine at a recording session with Paul Weston 1954 © 1978 Sid Avery

0073_2096 Rosemary Clooney and Bing Crosby circa 1954 © 2000 Mark Shaw

0090_1070 Max and Bessie Avery (Sid Avery's mother and father) 1912

0092_0508 Bob Newhart golfing 1961 © 1978 Sid Avery

0072_0224 Johnny Carson on "Carson's Cellar," 1953 © 1978 Sid Avery MPTV

0089_0105 Hugh O'Brian on the set of "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" 1957 © 1978 Sid Avery

0074_0001 Bing Crosby in his dressing room at Paramount Studios with his brother Bob 1955 © 1986 Sid Avery

0090_1032 Photographer Sid Avery circa 1984

0090_0025 Sid Avery with Barbara Stanwyck and Claudette Colbert 1941

0072_0066 Johnny Carson and Fred Allen 1953 © 1978 Sid Avery

0088_0204 Inger Stevens with hairstylist Leslie Blanchard during a photo shoot for Clairol / Photographer Sid Avery in background 1964 © 1978 Sid Avery

0072_0001 Johnny Carson on "Carson's Cellar," 1953 © 1978 Sid Avery MPTV

0088_0006 Inger Stevens 1963 © 1986 Sid Avery

0088_0207 Inger Stevens with hairstylist Leslie Blanchard during a photo shoot for Clairol, 1964. © 1978 Sid Avery

0090_1050 Sid Avery Photo of Sid Avery 1960

0173_0463 Bob Hope at home with his family 1955 © 1978 Bob Willoughby MPTV

0087_0011 Director Mervyn LeRoy, Jean Simmons and Andy Griffith at the Hollywood premiere of "Sayonara" 1957 © 1978 Sid Avery

0073_0015 Bing Crosby with his son Harry and daughter Mary Francis, at their Holmby Hills home 1961 © 1978 Sid Avery