About This Item

  • Title[Exhibit of dolls and figurines at Grand Army Plaza Library]
  • Call NumberCBPL_0283
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CBPL 0279, CBPL 0278, CBPL 0277, CBPL 0284, CBPL 0282, CBPL 0280, CBPL 0281), some of which may also be described in this new record; Views of exhibit of theatrical dolls and figurines at Central Library; 0277 (10 x 8 in.) shows boy holding figurine in front of display case with other figurines; 0278 (8 x 10 in.) shows three women and two men standing before display case labeled "All the World's a Sta[ge]"; 0279 (10 x 8 in.) shows heavily made-up woman holding figurine in front of fireplace; 0280 (10 x 8 in.) shows woman with two figurines in hand standing before display case with other figurines; 0281 (8 x 10 in.) shows three women, all holding figurines, standing to right of display case; 0282 (8 x 10 in.) shows woman in beret holding figurine at arm's length; 0283 (8 x 10 in.) shows three women, all holding figurines, seated before fireplace; 0284 (8 x 10 in.) shows woman holding three figurines posing with man in suit (identified on verso as "Daniel Blum, collector') before display case. Inscription on verso of 0281: "Former stage stars came to opening of theatrical portrait doll exhibit at Brooklyn Public Library. Left to rt. -- Lenore Ulrich (with herself as 'Kiki'), Nance O'Neill, and Peggy Wood."
  • Date[ca. 1950]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description8 photographic prints : black & white
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NotePhotographer's stamp ("Verna Photographers") on verso of 0278-0284; photographer's stamp ("Roy Pinney Photos") on verso of 0277.
  • CreatorVerna photographers
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Central Library ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library exhibits -- New York (State) -- New York ; Dolls -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.