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Winners in the annual award of the Original Amateur Hours Left to right: Nancy Cirillo, 16, (second prize), Gladys Knight, 8, (first prize) and Helen Hess, 35, (third prize).

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Notation on verso: Gladys hugs loving cup she won in Original Amateur Hour radio show. She also copped $2000 by singing "Too Young."

NYWT&S staff photograph.

Title from news agency caption on item.

Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

The New York World-Telegram, later known as the New York World-Telegram and The Sun, was a New York City newspaper from 1931 to 1967. The Library of Congress collection includes about 1 million photographs that the New York World-Telegram & Sun Newspaper assembled mostly 1890 and 1967, the year in which the newspaper closed. This newspaper photo morgue is typical of the files that newspapers maintain of images that either were published or were believed to have some future publication potential. Such files were periodically "weeded" by newspaper staff members. Much of the photography used by newspapers is "quick copy," and many images have been cropped, retouched, or highlighted for publication. Some images were taken by the newspaper's staff photographers while others came from wire press services, studios, or amateur photographers.

A random collection of portraits of people famous between 1926-1963

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knight gladys childhood and youth original amateur hour radio program african americans music contests awards group portraits photographic prints portrait photographs winners award original amateur hours original amateur hours left nancy cirillo nancy cirillo prize second prize gladys knight gladys knight first prize helen hess helen hess third prize 1950 s women images black history month black history month 1950 s 50 s photo print ultra high resolution high resolution library of congress
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01/01/1952
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NY World-Telegram & Sun

New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Collection

Celebrities 1920s-1960s

Portrait photographs of celebrities 1926-1963
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No known copyright restriction. For information see "New York World-Telegram & ...," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/076_nyw.html

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knight gladys childhood and youth original amateur hour radio program african americans music contests awards group portraits photographic prints portrait photographs winners award original amateur hours original amateur hours left nancy cirillo nancy cirillo prize second prize gladys knight gladys knight first prize helen hess helen hess third prize 1950 s women images black history month black history month 1950 s 50 s photo print ultra high resolution high resolution library of congress