Bobby Rydell and possibly Bobby Vee on "Teensville"
PhotographerPhotographed by
Thomas Llewellen Vater
American, 1935 - 2006
SubjectPortrait of
Bobby Rydell
American, 1942 - 2022
SubjectPortrait of
Bobby Vee
1943 - 2016
SubjectPortrait of
Thomas Llewellen Vater
American, 1935 - 2006
Date1959-1961
Mediumblack-and-white negatives; gelatin silver emulsion on acetate
ClassificationsGraphics
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.On View
Not on viewThomas Llewellen Vater
1970
Glaisma Pérez Silva
July 1999