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These Photos came from one big collection. They are very unusual as they are studio proof photos. The Photos with signatures are written on there in actual white or black ink. I don't know if they are actual autographs of the Stars or someone from the studio did it. I believe these were made to then be sent to be mass produced for the movie fans. some contain notes on the back about retouching and photographer credits and other studio information. Quite possibly one of a kind photos. Please look carefully at the scans before bidding. Any questions please feel free to contact me.

The daughters of Mr. and Mrs. P.M. Pickens,[2] the Pickens sisters, Grace, Jane, Helen (1910–1984), and Patti (1914–1995), were born in Macon, Georgia, and grew up there and in Atlanta. Beginning when the girls were ages 4, 6 and 8,[3] their parents taught them to harmonize. Their father, a cotton broker, played the piano and their mother sang.[4]

At first the sisters sang for friends, then at churches and schools. The family moved to Park Avenue in Manhattan in 1932, and a test recording for Victor made such an impression with radio executives that they hired the sisters unseen. Promoted as "Three Little Maids From Dixie", they appeared in Thumbs Up on Broadway and in the movie Sitting Pretty.

Signed to Victor as Victor's answer to the popular Brunswick recording artists the Boswell Sisters, they recorded 25 sides for Victor from early 1932 until late 1934. Their records had a much more novel quality than the harder jazz-styled Boswell Sisters' records. Also, as 1932 Victor records had two- and three-part harmonizers, the Three X Sisters, with experimental sweet/swingy tunes, were among the most noted harmonizers of their day.

Grace married U.S. District Attorney John T. Cahill.[5] Patti married radio actor Bob Simmons.