Content: Caption on back: "New York, N. Y. - Pictured above is the famed United States Coast Guard Quartet; Headed by Homer Smith, Boatswain's Mate 2/c, who led the noted "Southerners" of NBC fame, the Quartet sings regularly over the networks and is probably the best known of the service quartets,; Other members are [left to right]: Smith, Thomas Lockard, Storekeeper 2/c, Los Angeles Opera Company star; James Lewis, Gunner's Mate 3/c, who was starred in Bill Robinson's "Hot Mikado" ; and Martin Boughan, Yeoman 3/c, Gilbert and Sullivan Opera soloist, who for several seasons starred with Chicago Opera Company."

Physical Description

Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 1 photographic print : Gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b13049857
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG96-F156
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 96c29f20-c645-012f-86cb-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

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MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Group photograph of the U.S. Coast Guard Quartet members while singing, New York, N.Y." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939 - 1945. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/96c29f20-c645-012f-86cb-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1939 - 1945). Group photograph of the U.S. Coast Guard Quartet members while singing, New York, N.Y. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/96c29f20-c645-012f-86cb-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Group photograph of the U.S. Coast Guard Quartet members while singing, New York, N.Y." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/96c29f20-c645-012f-86cb-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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