About This Item

  • Call NumberTHEA_0069
  • TitleBilly Minsky's Burlesque Theater, formerly Werba's Brooklyn, also known as Crescent [and] Old Montauk
  • SummaryView from left of elaborate marquee ("BILLY MINSKY'S BURLESQUE") and electric signs for theater that stood at Flatbush Avenue and Fulton Street before being razed in 1940; portraits of showgirls on wall of left side of theater; sign over box office announcing, "FOR YOUR WIFE SWEETHEART OR AUNT FROM DUBUQUE"; bus on curb under marquee; pedestrians on sidewalk.
  • Date[ca. 1930]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectTheaters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lost architecture -- New York (State) -- New York ; Marquees -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (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: Theatres: Montauk Theatre