About This Item

  • Call NumberTHEA_0048
  • Title[Beauty contest in 1949]
  • SummaryTwo men in business suits posing with five women in bathing suits. Caption on verso: "Brooklyn has five lovelies in the finals of the Loew Theater Miss Neptune contest, and they were selected at the Kings Theater. The boro girls are Bobbie Davis, 2114 Albemarle Road; Gail Penny, 45 Joval Court; Sally Young, 225 W. 25th St.; Janet Adler, 55 E. 21st St., and Sally McDonell, 743 E. 31st St. Maurice Seidlitz, Loew's division manager, was at the ceremonies; also Murray Thayler, contest sponsor."
  • 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 3, 1949. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • 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