About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0403
  • TitleBilly Gates
  • SummaryStudio portrait of Billy Gates, trombonist and band leader. His band was "Billy Gates and His Melody Boys." Born Guy Pignatelli, he lived his entire life in Brooklyn.
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsphotographsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 3, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • SubjectGates, Billy ; Bandmasters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Conductors (Music) -- New York (State) -- New York ; Trombonists -- 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: Portraits: Gates, Billy