About This Item

  • Call NumberEAGL_0504
  • TitleModern Venus hears Jinx
  • SummaryCaption: "'Modern Venus' hears Jinx--Pretty 20-year-old Evelyn Peterson of Jackson Heights listens to a question from Jinx Falkenburg, talking from her Manhasset home, in Hi Jinx broadcast from Brooklyn Eagle today. Miss Peterson was chosen 'Modern Venus' at Steeplechase contest Tuesday. Listening in are, left to right, Frank Tilyou of Steeplechase, Tex McCrary, program star, and Joseph J. Madden, Democratic leader of the 9th A. D."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 16, 1946. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectRadio broadcasting -- New York (State) -- New York ; Radio programs -- 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: Eagle: Radio programs