About This Item
- Call NumberSCHL_0068
- TitleBefore the curtain rises
- SummaryTwo men in costume and one man in suit shaking hands before curtain. Caption: "Before the Curtain Rises: Walt Whitman (William Jaeger), left, and Isaac Van Anden (Roger Siegel), right, get a hurried handshake from Dr. Harry D. Gideonse, president of Brooklyn College, immediately before the opening act of 'I Walt Whitman,' symphonic drama by faculty member Randolph Goodman, which traces the poet's life through his newapaper days, the Civil War and his last years...."
- Date1955
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jan. 14, 1955; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
- CreatorMcNamara, C. E. [photographer]
- Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
- SubjectBrooklyn College ; Brooklyn College -- Presidents ; Theater -- New York (State) -- New York
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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: Schools: Adult: Brooklyn College: Faculty