About This Item


  • Call NumberPORT_0410
  • TitleRose Gershwin
  • SummaryPortrait of Rose Gershwin, mother of George and Ira Gershwin, standing in her apartment at 25 Central Park West in Manhattan.
  • Date1942
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Oct. 22, 1942. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectGershwin, Rose
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceNew 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: Gershwin, Rose