About This Item

  • Call NumberTHEA_0047
  • TitleSwooners and crooners
  • SummarySeven men, all holding sheet music, standing behind piano player wearing sergeant's stripes. Caption on verso: "SWOONERS AND CROONERS: Eight of the 11 finalist winners of the Swooners and Crooners Contest sponsored by the Loew's Brooklyn theaters meet for instructions for finals Wednesday at Loew's Melba Theater. Left to right, Bob Bennett of 1418 40th St., Pat Malori of 2857 W. 22d St., Tony De Marco of 1021 St. Mark's Place, Sidney Goldstein of 1035 46th St., Joe Fischer of 196 Bay 20th St., Neil Harwood of 343 Vernon Ave., Howard Saks of 615 Westminster Road and Sgt. Irwin Waxman, at piano, of 1324 St. John's Place."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Mar 17, 1946; photographer's stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorSharp, Jay
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSingers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Pianists -- New York (State) -- New York ; 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