About This Item


  • Call NumberPORT_0773
  • TitleNorman Rosten
  • SummaryStudio portrait. Caption: "Norman Rosten, 31, [poet and author] of 18 Schermerhorn St., won the American Academy of Arts and Letters $1,000 award for poetry this year. It was for his book, 'The Fourth Decade and Other Poems'."
  • Date1945
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsphotographsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 3, 1945. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectRosten, Norman, 1914- ; Authors, American -- New York (State) -- New York ; Poets, American -- 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: Rosten, Norman