About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0362
  • TitleHelen Gahagan
  • SummaryStudio portrait. Caption: "Helen Gahagan, former Brooklynite, [wife of actor Melvyn Douglas] and ex-Congresswoman, returns to Broadway next Wednesday, after an 18-year absence, in the City Center's 'First Lady'."
  • Date1952
  • 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 stamped: May 2, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorErwin, John
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDouglas, Helen Gahagan, 1900-1980 ; Actresses -- 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: Douglas, Helen Gahagan