About This Item

  • Call NumberTHEA_0049
  • Title[Beauty contest in 1950]
  • SummaryMan in business suit before curtain handing envelope to one of four women in bathing suits at unknown location in Brooklyn. Caption on verso: "The season for bathing beauties has ended, but it went out in a blaze of glorious girls so far as Brooklyn is concerned. There is a contest for Miss New York, sponsored by Loew's Theaters, and at the semi-finals prizes went to a quartet of lovelies. Manny Snitkin of the Winston Appliance Center awarded the prizes to Moana Holt of 45 Martense St., Norma Bowden of 544 Linden Boulevard, Blossom Kagan of 24 E. 19th St., and Sally McDonell of 743 E. 31st St."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: Sep 23, 1950. Photgrapher's stamp on recto. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorSharp, Jay
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBeauty contests -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Theatres: Loews: General: Persons