- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Enrico Caruso and Alvin L. Belle Isle
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1912
- Subject:
- Automobiles--1910-1920
Men--1910-1920
Opera singers
Hotels--Georgia--Atlanta
Lampposts--Georgia--Atlanta
Georgian Terrace Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- Belle Isle, Alvin Looney, 1884-1950
Caruso, Enrico, 1873-1921 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Peachtree Street, 33.798452, -84.3910732 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Alvin L. Belle Isle of the White Garage Company (left) chauffeuring opera singer Enrico Caruso (right) in an automobile parked in front of the Georgian Terrace Hotel on Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgia (now the Midtown area of the city).
Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) was a famous Italian opera singer and a pioneer in the field of recorded music. The tenor made his theatrical debut at the Teatro Nuovo in Naples in 1895 and later signed a contract with the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1903. However, he continued to sing in other American cities and in Europe as well. Caruso made his first voice recordings in 1902 and signed a contract with the Victor Talking Machine Company (later RCA Victor) two years later. Over an eighteen-year relationship with Victor, Caruso made more than 260 extant recordings and became famous internationally as a result of the widespread distribution of the resulting 78-rpm discs. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.2203.001
ahc1702203001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/739
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U. S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 11 x 14 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
