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Title
Part 18: The Bowery (Windows Media version)
Creator
Lewandowski, Thomas, 1939 - (prod., narr.)

Institution
Oakland Community College

Subject
Bowery (Hamtramck, Mich. : Nightclub)

Subject
Nightclubs -- Michigan -- Hamtramck.

Subject
Celebrities -- Michigan -- Hamtramck.

Item Number
EX01b018

Relation
Extracts from oral histories of Hamtramck, MI in the Albert J. Zak Memorial Library (Hamtramck), Detroit Public Library (Burton Collection), Hamtramck Historical Collection, Library of Michigan, Macomb County Library, Oakland Community College Libraries.

Type
sound, image

Format
mpeg2

Description
Dave Stober, Hamtramck clothier, Liberty State Bank Board member, civic leader and friend of Frank Barbaro, owner of The Bowery, the nightspot of metropolitan Detroit during the 1940s and early 1950s which was located on the east side of Joseph Campau between Connor and Carpenter, tells of the top flight entertainment that appeared there. Danny Thomas (Amos Jacobs) got his start there as an MC. Desi Arnaz, Tony Martin, Martha Raye, Sophie Tucker, and Bob Crosby played The Bowery.

Part 18: The Bowery (Windows Media version)

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