About This Item

  • TitleMelody Masters
  • Call NumberNEIG_2091
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "There's the sweetest music this side of Coney up in the Williamsburg Settlement where a quartet of youngsters known as the Melody Masters play every Friday. They are part of the Henny Variety Show, 2573 E. 14th St. ... In the group are Jerry Wagman, bull fiddle; Paul Giacalone, percussion stuff; Mike Accardo, the horn blows before midnight, and Frank Arancio, squeeze player."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 5, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's name inscribed. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorHenny Variety Show
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectInstrumental ensembles ; Quartets ; Settlements [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (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.