BROOKLYN, NEW YORK - Coney Island - Henderson's Restaurant & Music Hall

Description: BROOKLYN, NEW YORK - Coney Island - Henderson's Restaurant & Music Hall - 1908: On the northeast corner of the Bowery and Stillwell Avenues, diagonally opposite Stauch's restaurant, Henry Henderson erected a new brick theatre, named Henderson's Music Hall. He also built a new Sea Side Hotel to replace the one destroyed. This hotel was connected to the theatre, and contained on the main floor a restaurant and a cabaret. When Henry Henderson died, his son, Frederick, took over the management of the property. He presented not only variety acts in the Music Hall, but floor shows in his cabaret. In booking vaudeville acts for his Music Hall, Fred became associated with the Keith-Orpheum circuit, of which he eventually became an executive. In 1909, a familiar name appeared among the vaudeville acts in Henderson's Music Hall. Jules Levy, the cornet virtuoso who had played in the Manhattan Beach band shortly after Corbin opened his hotel, and who had died in 1903, left a wife and two sons. She had been an opera singer and was still in good voice. One son had become a cornetist, the other, a violinist. They now appeared at Henderson's as a trio and were warmly greeted at each performance. Some coming to hear them sought perhaps to recapture memories of thirty years past, and some came to hear whether the son was as good a cornetist as the father had been. This Divided Back Era postcard, mailed in 1908, is in good condition, but shows some edge wear.

Price: 15 USD

Location: Brooklyn, New York

End Time: 2024-10-10T02:15:39.000Z

Shipping Cost: 0 USD