Edwin Quinby
I tried looking up the residents of Carnegie Hall on the 1950 Census at Familysearch.org (you need a free account). I did find Editta Sherman and her husband on lines 15 and 14 of this page:
The address for the residences/studios in Carnegie Hall was apparently 154 West 57th Street. Editta Sherman was featured in the documentary on Bill Cunningham mentioned in the blog yesterday:
https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2023/12/carnegie-hall.html
Looking at some of the other 1950 census pages for Carnegie Hall I found this one:
The name on line 7 stood out to me: Edwin Quinby - mainly because his occupation was listed as Engineer / Electronic working in the field of Calculating Machines ! The other people on the page are artists, voice teachers, dance teachers, actress and so on - they sound more of a fit for Carnegie Hall.
So since Edwin Quinby is a somewhat unique name I tried searching for it and found these pages:
http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon2/quinbyswarning/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspiracy
Wow, a rail fan who researched and publicized a conspiracy by General Motors and others to take down the electric streetcars of the US ! Not what I'd anticipate from a resident of Carnegie Hall !
Sometimes the internet is still fun for me when tidbits like this turn up :)
BTW, Fred and Portland Allen lived at 180 West 58th Street but I'll be darned if I could find their page in the 1950 census. I did find Louis Nizer on line 22, the famous lawyer, who lived in the same building:
As can be seen the penmanship of the census takers varied a lot.
Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm
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The address for the residences/studios in Carnegie Hall was apparently 154 West 57th Street. Editta Sherman was featured in the documentary on Bill Cunningham mentioned in the blog yesterday:
https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2023/12/carnegie-hall.html
Looking at some of the other 1950 census pages for Carnegie Hall I found this one:
The name on line 7 stood out to me: Edwin Quinby - mainly because his occupation was listed as Engineer / Electronic working in the field of Calculating Machines ! The other people on the page are artists, voice teachers, dance teachers, actress and so on - they sound more of a fit for Carnegie Hall.
So since Edwin Quinby is a somewhat unique name I tried searching for it and found these pages:
http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon2/quinbyswarning/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspiracy
Wow, a rail fan who researched and publicized a conspiracy by General Motors and others to take down the electric streetcars of the US ! Not what I'd anticipate from a resident of Carnegie Hall !
Sometimes the internet is still fun for me when tidbits like this turn up :)
BTW, Fred and Portland Allen lived at 180 West 58th Street but I'll be darned if I could find their page in the 1950 census. I did find Louis Nizer on line 22, the famous lawyer, who lived in the same building:
As can be seen the penmanship of the census takers varied a lot.
Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm
