8102 - Beatles (2) Original 1969 Photographic Strips from Their Penultimate Group Photo Session with Bruce McBroom

Beatles (2) Original 1969 Photographic Strips from Their Penultimate Group Photo Session with Bruce McBroom Two original vintage semi-glossy 6.5 x 1.25 photographic strips, both containing three candid images of the Beatles, for a total of six images. The photographs show John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr posing together outdoors, with three images bearing red grease-pencil ‘X’ markings or boxes. Photographed by Bruce McBroom in London on April 9, 1969, the images originate from one of the Beatles’ final group photo sessions. Images from the session were subsequently used for the official 1970 Beatles Fan Club poster. In overall very good to fine condition, with trimmed edges and a central vertical fold to both strips. This session, arranged by Apple press officer Derek Taylor to counter mounting rumors that the group was breaking up, was photographed by Bruce McBroom on April 9, 1969, and is generally regarded as the Beatles' penultimate group photo session, with only the August 8, 1969 Abbey Road cover shoot to follow. McBroom photographed the group first at an indoor London location before moving outdoors to the Madingley Club on Willoughby Road, where the Beatles were photographed along the Thames and aboard a boat, giving the session its later nickname, ‘Voyage of the Fritz.’ The band arranged themselves for the camera without a stylist, wardrobe assistant, or outside direction. Photographs from the session first appeared in The Beatles Monthly Book that July.