Grand "Colorama" Ballroom: Hotel St. George, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Item data
Title
Grand "Colorama" Ballroom: Hotel St. George, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Collection
Historical postcards of New York City
New York City -- Hotels -- M-Z
Names
Colourpicture Publishers (Firm) (Publisher)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1938 - 1969 (Approximate)
Place: Boston 15, Mass., New York Office, 489 Fifth Avenue
Publisher: Colourpicture
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC POC NEW YC-Hot-M-Z
Subjects
Hotels -- New York (State) -- New York
Ballrooms
Genres
Physical Description
Extent: 9 x 14 cm or 14 x 9 cm
Offset photomechanical prints
Abstract
"Grand Ballroom, Hotel St. George, Brooklyn, N.Y., is the 'room of a million moods'--the most beautiful ballroom in the world. 3,000 people can dance on its smooth floor; 2,000 dine without crowding. Clark St. station of 7th Ave. I.R.T. subway is in the hotel; 2 minutes from Boro Hall, 4 minutes from Wall St., 15 from Times Square."--printed on verso.
Identifiers
Barcode: 33433086715186
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): dd6fba70-700b-013b-399f-0242ac110005
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1938
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Grand "Colorama" Ballroom: Hotel St. George, Brooklyn, N.Y." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1938 - 1969. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dd6fba70-700b-013b-399f-0242ac110005
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1938 - 1969). Grand "Colorama" Ballroom: Hotel St. George, Brooklyn, N.Y. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dd6fba70-700b-013b-399f-0242ac110005
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Grand "Colorama" Ballroom: Hotel St. George, Brooklyn, N.Y." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dd6fba70-700b-013b-399f-0242ac110005
Wikipedia citation
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