Program from Milwaukee for the Oklahoma! national tour, 1945

John outside the Majestic Theatre stage door, 1945

Washing his car in his Westchester, NY driveway

Newspaper ad for the 1953 San Francisco tryout of Carnival in Flanders

Pajama Game at Radio City

John practices his swing in his backyard

Ad for concert with John and Pearl Bailey, 1963

Ad for A Joyful Noise on Broadway, 1966

Checking out a street sign in his hometown of Santa Ana, CA

(left to right) John Raitt, Patrice Munsel, Dinah Shore, Fred Astaire, Ethel Merman, unidentified, Richard Rodgers, Happy and Nelson Rockefeller at the first Kennedy Center Honors, 1978.

Ad for summer stock production of Kiss Me Kate, 1975

Backstage at Shenandoah, 1977 national tour

Invitation to John’s 40th Anniversary concert on Broadway

John was reunited with and married his college sweetheart Rosemary Kraemer. They both have received honorary doctorates from Pepperdine university in Malibu, home of the Raitt Recital Hall.

Carnegie Hall trade ad 1985

With his daughter Bonnie

John Raitt's 80th birthday party

John and his first wife, Marjorie Haydock, who often served as his pianist and musical director for his concerts and recitals. Together they raised three children..Steve, Bonnie and David.

Carousel playbill with opening night ticket stub, 1945

Ad for the Los Angeles pre-Broadway tryout of Three Wishes for Jamie, 1951

Newspaper ad for the 1953 Philadelphia tryout of Carnival in Flanders

Modeling in an ad for a pajama manufacturer in 1954

At home in LA 

Puppies appear in the Raitt household in 1958.

With composer Fritz Loewe (lower left), 1960’s

With Jan Clayton (lower left) and President Lyndon Johnson c. 1964

Ad for summer stock production of Camelot, 1969

Ad for summer stock production of Kismet, 1971

With singer Marian Anderson at the Kennedy Center Honors, 1978

Letter from Jimmy Stewart regarding Shenandoah

Telegram from Mary Martin, 1980

John and Mary, early '00's

Bonnie Raitt is joined in concert by her brother David and dad John

 Ad for The Most Happy Fella in Pasadena, CA 1987

With his children, Steve, Bonnie and David, talented singers all

Ad for Oklahoma! at the Erlanger Theatre, Chicago, 1944

Ad for the Boston tryout of Carousel, 1945

Flyer for the world premiere of Magdalena, 1948

Ad for the 1952 Broadway run of Three Wishes for Jamie following significant changes to the cast and creative team

Ad for the world premiere tryout of The Pajama Game in New Haven, 1954

John and son Steve modeling pajamas for a magazine ad - 1957

At home in LA - John, David, Marge, Bonnie and Steve

In Westchester, New York during The Pajama Game

Flyer for John’s nightclub act in Reno, NV

After a round at the 1966 Bing Crosby Pro-Am Tournament with Bing and Dean Martin.

John and his second wife Kathleen Landry. Together they produced many successful tours in the Seventies.

Ad for the Las Vegas production of a new musical, Many Happy Returns, 1972

Letter from Richard Rodgers, 1972

Trade ad celebrating the success of the 1976 summer stock tour of Shenandoah.

Flyers for John’s musical autobiographies

Program for 1981 performance at The White House

Ad for the 1982 summer stock season at Milwaukee’s Melody Top Theatre

Bonnie and John performing on their PBS Boston Pops Special

John at home