About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0445
  • TitleBenny Goodman
  • SummaryStudio portrait of clarinetist and band conductor, Benny Goodman.
  • Date1938
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsphotographsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date inscribed: Jan. 16/38; photographer's stamp. Title from typed caption on verso. Typed on verso: "Carnegie Hall, Sunday evening, January 16th."
  • CreatorValente, Alfredo
  • SubjectGoodman, Benny, 1909-1986 ; Clarinetists -- New York (State) -- New York ; Conductors (Music) -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceNew 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: Goodman, Benny