Original Program - "Third Annual Season; San Francisco Opera Company; Gaetano Merola, General Director; Program; Civic Auditorium, September 19 to October 4, 1925"

Original publisher's gray paper wrappers with staple binding. Maroon lettering printed on front cover. No date, circa 1925. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4." Unpaginated, forty pages, complete. Many black-and-white illustrations, complete. Red sticker, perhaps original (has black lettering printed on it reading, "San Francisco Opera Co.; Martha") tipped in on front and back covers along fore-edge (acted as a seal but has since been opened). Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning. Cover are very clean and intact except for slight age toning and slight bumping to corners and edges. A Very Good copy. Program designed and printed by A. Carlisle & Co. This is the program of the San Francisco Opera Company for the 1925 season. It contains many advertisements for a variety of performances and products and services related to theater and music. The program is interspersed among the ads and includes a statement from San Francisco Mayor James Rolph, Jr.; a brief biography about director Gaetano Merola; names of the officers of the San Francisco Opera Association; synopses of the acts of three operas performed during the 1925 season, Martha, Aida, and Amore Dei Tre Re; names of the lead singers and staff of the San Francisco Opera Company; names of box holders for the season; a map of the theater's seating; names of the chorus of the San Francisco Opera Company; and names of the Men's Auxiliary of the San Francisco Opera Association. Among the people, companies, and organizations featured in the ads are Cadillac; Wiley B. Allen Co.; Claudia Muzio; Baldwin Piano Company; Alfred Hurtgen; San Carlo Opera Company; Arrillaga Musical College; Trovatore Roof Garden Cafe; Victrola; San Francisco Chamber Music Society; San Francisco Bank; Monteverde, Rolandelli & Parodi, Inc.; Shreve & Company; and the Fairmont Hotel.…