almazimbalist

Baby is Efrem Zimbalist Jr? (actor)

Good question.. the date on the sticker at upper right is 9/15/16, but EZ, Jr. wasn't born until 1918,href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efrem_Zimbalist,_Jr" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efrem_Zimbalist,_Jr. jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/gluck-alma They had a daughter, Maria Virginia Zimbalist (August 15, 1915-1981) so this is likely her. www.rbberg.net/g1/p1253.htm#i37746 www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Zimbal...;

No names changed to protect the innocent.

This photo used in The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) December 31, 1916 with the caption:" Alma Gluck, the concert soprano, and her husband and baby are shown in a new picture group. Madame Gluck is at present planning for another concert tour. Her husband Is Zimbalist, the violin virtuoso. " oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1916-12-31/ed-1/se...

Thanks Art for locating the newspaper article. We'll add their full names, including Maria's, to the catalog record.

Her wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_Gluck

Listen to her here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFTMLMRhoy8

Wow, mother of Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.!

A photo from this same occasion was featured in the NYT pictorial section of Jan 24, 1915 memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/np_item.pl?collection=sgproto&... or memory.loc.gov/service/sgp/sgpnyt/1915/191501/19150124/00... She was selling programmes at a song recital in aid of destitute war sufferers in Poland (under auspices of Polish American Relief Committee).

Alma Gluck (May 11, 1884 – October 27, 1938) was a Romanian-born American soprano. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_Gluck

See also www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/14801525702/

At the fountain of the New York Public Library www.youtube.com/watch?v=buaMLksaZwA en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Public_Library

B-59: Thanks for identifying the location. We will add the New York Public Library to the record.