About This Item


  • TitleDavid Bloom
  • Call NumberPORT_0065
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (PORT 0066), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two images in different sizes. Caption (0065): "David Bloom, 13, who began playing the piano at 4 and composing at 5, plays his own intermezzo composition at the third Dorothy White 'Fun With Music' concert ... at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. ... David is the son of Julius Bloom, director of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. The Blooms live at 1207 Dorchester Road." Inscription (0066): "Standing l to r [behind David Bloom] is Miss Dorothy White as mistress of ceremonies & Julius Bloom ..."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • Note0066: 10 x 8 in. On verso: date stamped: Feb. 9, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso of 0065.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBloom, David ; Pianists -- New York (State) -- New York ; Piano -- New York (State) -- New York ; Pianos -- New york (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • 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.