About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0523
  • TitleDanny Kaye
  • SummaryCaption: "Danny Kaye (1913) stage and motion picture comedian was born David Daniel Kaminsky in Brooklyn. ... This photo shows him in 1949 when he was inducted as 'Honorary Mayor of Brooklyn' at the Towers Hotel by Chief Louis Zeltner [standing in front of microphone] of the Old Time Locality Mayors." Image includes one unidentified man standing between them in background.
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 11 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Feb. 5, 1949. Title from typed caption on verso.
  • SubjectKaye, Danny ; Actors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Microphone
  • 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: Portraits: Kaye, Danny: Group photos and family