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Rachmaninoff, Sergei
In February 1930, Englewood hosted one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century when Sergei Rachmaninoff performed before a packed audience at St. Cecilia’s Auditorium under the auspices of the Englewood Conservatory of Music. According to The Record, the recital drew… -
Englewood Conservatory of Music
During the 1920s, the Englewood Conservatory of Music emerged as one of the borough’s most important cultural institutions. Operating out of the Lyceum Building on Palisade Avenue, the conservatory combined formal music instruction with a vibrant public concert program that… -
Lehmann, Lotte
Charlotte “Lotte” Lehmann was one of the great dramatic sopranos of the twentieth century, celebrated for her interpretations of Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, and Ludwig van Beethoven. Born in Perleberg, Germany, in 1888, she rose from modest beginnings to become a star of… -
Frank Sinatra "minor mob scenes," October 28, 1943.
Frank Sinatra, born in Hoboken in 1915, became one of the most influential American entertainers of the twentieth century. Rising to fame in the late 1930s with the Harry James and Tommy Dorsey orchestras, he launched a solo career in the early 1940s that ignited unprecedented… -
Schirra, Walter M. Jr.
Walter Marty Schirra Jr. was an American naval aviator, test pilot, and one of NASA’s original Mercury Seven astronauts. Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, and raised in Bergen County, he graduated from Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood in 1940 before entering the U.S. Naval… -
Eckerson, Ione
Ione Scholl Eckerson devoted 46 years to teaching in Englewood’s public schools, becoming one of the community’s most respected educators. A 1917 graduate of Englewood High School and a 1922 graduate of Smith College, she began teaching in the city school system shortly after… -
New Jersey Bell Telephone Company
On October 1, 1927, employees gathered atop the Engle Street telephone building in Englewood to raise the new flag of the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company. The ceremony marked the formal transfer of local service from New York Telephone to the newly organized New Jersey…