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Bobby Rydell and possibly Bobby Vee on "Teensville"

Date1959-1961
Mediumblack-and-white negatives; gelatin silver emulsion on acetate
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionNine 35mm negatives depicting guests on television show "Teensville." Includes images of singer Bobby Rydell with the Greater Hartford Bobby Rydell Fan Club poster, Rydell and host Tom Vater in front of the Teensville sign, and the crowd's reaction to Rydell. Also includes another young man dancing as teenage girls applaud. This young man is presumed to be a guest on the show, possibly singer Bobby Vee.
Object number2017.35.1.1-.9
Notes"Teensville," a television program on Hartford’s Channel 18, aired from 1959 to 1961. Tom Vater (1935-2006), a West Hartford native, hosted the television program.
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