WGN : behind the mike at w-g-n

Pictorial tour of the staff of WGN introduces Tribune readers to the popular on-air personalities and the programs they are involved with. Photographs include: "The Three Girls" (Louise Starkey, Isobel Carothers, Helen King), five WGN announcers (Bob Elson, Pierre Andre, George Pidot, Reginald Martin, Russ Russell), radio pianist Allan Grant, Quin Ryan (WGN manager), "Little Orphan Annie" (Shirely Bell), "Joe Corntassel" (Allan Baruck), the entire WGN staff, Wayne King and his Aragon Ballroom Orchestra, the Harold Teen gang (Bill Farnum, Wally Colbath, Jack Spencer, Irene Wicker, Eunice Yanke), Ted Weems and his Trianon Ballroom Orchestra, Herr Louie and the Weasel (Henry Moeller, Hal Gilles), Skeezix (William Idelson), Tom, Dick and Harry (Fred Vandover, Marlin Hurt, Gordon Vandover), and four staff artists (Mark Love, Leonard Salvo, Lawrence Salerno, Walter Pontius).

Publication date: 1931-04-26

Size: 47.3 x 36.8 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Chicago (Ill.)

Subject(s):

• Andre, Pierre
• Aragon Ballroom Orchestra
• Baruck, Allan
• Bell, Shirley
• Carothers, Isobel
• Colbath, Wally
• Elson, Bob, 1904-1981
• Farnum, Bill
• Gilles, Hal
• Grant, Allan
• Hurt, Marlin
• Idelson, William
• King, Helen
• King, Wayne, 1901-1985
• Love, Mark
• Martin, Reginald
• Moeller, Henry
• Pidot, George
• Pontius, Walter
• Russell, Russ
• Ryan, Quin A.
• Salerno, Lawrence
• Salvo, Leonard
• Spencer, Jack
• Starkey, Louise
• Trianon Ballroom Orchestra
• Vandover, Fred
• Vandover, Gordon
• Weems, Ted
• WGN (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.)--People--1930-1940
• Wicker, Ireene, 1905-
• Yanke, Eunice

Genre(s):

• Advertisements
• Photographs
• Portrait photographs
• Publicity photographs
• Publishers' advertisements

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection
• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Advertisement Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (April 26, 1931), p. 3

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Creator(s):

• Sykes, Mabel

Contributor(s):

• Bloom Studios
• Connelly Studio
• Daguerre Studio
• Drake Studios
• Root Studio
• Theatrical Studio