John Lennon and Yoko Ono Autographs and Photographs, c. January 7-14, 1972

Autographs. John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Signed high school schedule and receipt for film (both verso). Philadelphia, Penn. Circa January 7-14, 1972, 2 pp. With 4 contemporary black-and-white photographs of the events.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono co-hosted the Mike Douglas Show for shows that aired the week of February 14-18, 1972. They had taped the segments in January. Then-16-year-old Holly Cara Price ditched school to attend two tapings of the Philadelphia-based variety show. Price, a devoted Beatles fan, couldn't miss the appearances and performances by Lennon and Ono. During the show that aired February 14, Lennon joined rock legend Chuck Berry to play Berry's song "Memphis, Tennessee," in a performance made infamous when Ono startled Berry by providing unanticipated back-up vocals in the form of wordless shrieks, screeches, and howls.

During the closing credits of the February 14 airing, Price appears in the front row, as seen in the included (2021-printed) images. She snapped 3 photographs, also included, (contemporarily-printed) of Lennon and Ono onstage.

At another taping that week, Holly waited in line outside the KYW-TV studio for the former Beatle's autograph. Price handed over her mimeographed high school class schedule for Lennon to sign. Ono signed the back of a receipt for camera film (likely the roll with which Price took the pictures offered here) from Price's hometown camera store. While waiting in line, she took another photograph of Lennon (included) in the famous "Easton" High School baseball jersey that he wore while playing "Imagine" on the show that aired February 17, 1972.

Photos taken by Holly Cara Price, January 7-14, 1972.
Photo 1--original air date 2/14/1972 Ono, Lennon, and band onstage. Negative was reversed as Lennon appears as a left-handed guitarist.
Photo 2-- original air date 2/14/1972 Douglas, Ono, Lennon, comedian Louis Nye, and consumer advocate Ralph Nader seated at table with telephone books, making "Love Calls," random telephone calls telling people they were loved and to pass it on.
Photo 3-- original air date 2/14/1972 The same scene as above but only Ono and Lennon showing (Douglas, Nader, and Nye are obscured by studio personnel).
Photo 4-- original air date 2/17/1972 Lennon signing autographs outside the KYW-TV building.

From the estate of Holly Cara Price. Holly Cara Price (1955-2020) was a longtime rock and roll superfan, avid Beatles enthusiast, fanzine publisher, and member of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's inner circle. She was guitarist Steve Van Zandt's personal assistant for many years. Price was an archival researcher, author, blogger, contributor to the Huffington Post, producer, publicist, and social media expert who advised television and movie production, Getty Images, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On her passing, Van Zandt called her "a true Disciple of Soul." Price was a trusted assistant to many members of the E Street Band family through the years.

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