About This Item

  • Call NumberTEMP_0054
  • Title[Sophie Tucker donating check]
  • SummarySinger Sophie Tucker (in flowered hat) handing check to Rabbi Isadore A. Aaron; Fire Commissioner Frank J. Quayle at left. Caption: "Sophie Tucker, queen of the blue songs, added her glamour to the ground-breaking ceremonies of the new Congregation Mount Sinai and contributed $5,000 toward the new building."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Dec. 15, 1948; photographer's stamp. Title supplied by cataloger. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorSharp, Jay
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectTucker, Sophie, 1884-1966
  • 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: Synagogues & temples: Mount Sinai, Congregation