About This Item


  • TitleFirst and last
  • Call NumberPORT_0079
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "First and last--Edna Wallace Hopper, who appeared in 'The Girl I Left Behind me,' the Empire's opening attraction in 1893, congratulates Shirley Booth, star of 'The Time of the Cuckoo,' its current tenant. The Empire will be razed this summer."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 23, 1953; Broolyn Eagle stamp:. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • SubjectBooth, Shirley, 1898-1992 ; Hopper, Edna Wallace ; Actresses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Place[Location unknown]
  • 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.