About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0119
  • TitleSwooner of the year
  • SummaryCaption: "Swooner of the year--That's the title Namm's All Girls Club gave to Brooklyn crooner Alan Dale, shown signing autograph albums for club members at the store last Saturday ... After singing several songs for the girls, the Lafayette High School graduate was presented with a plaque." A. I. Namm & Son department store was located on Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn.
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Mar. 31, 1950; "Bruckner & Cole, Commercial Photography." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBruckner & Cole
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDale, Alan, musician ; Department stores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fans (Persons) -- New York (State) -- New York ; Singers -- 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: Department stores: Namm, A. I. & Son: People