Elvis Sails - Brooklyn army Terminal September 22nd 1958

[davide]

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[thefunkyangel]

Thankyou for an excellent post!

[bripet56]

Magnificent post as always davide.

Sincerely
Brian
http://www.brian56.dk

[claude 91]

thank you Davide

[JamesVRoy]

awesome collection!

[E-Cat]

According to Elisabeth Stefaniak (who was Elvis' secretary from Dec'58 - March '60) Janie Wilbanks stayed at Grunewald during Christmas 1958.

[davide]

To E-Cat

Thanks for the info - have updated

Davide

[Juan Luis]

Very kool photos!

[Elton]

Fantastic davde!
....This was a big deal (news) in'58
everyone one was taking Elvis...radio,newspapers,fans ect.
The ep "Elvis Sails" was played every Saturday for awhile as it was in the "TOP TEN" at our local station.
Thanks!

[KHoots]

Great topic, and tremendous photos!

[E-Cat]

To E-Cat

Thanks for the info - have updated

Davide

You're welcome!
Below a few more from Brooklyn (including some less cropped versions);




Brooklyn Army Terminal











courtesy: spearhead collection

[davide]

Thanks again E-Cat - great set of photographs.As a follow up,I found this letter written by A.H. Portney to Life magazine in relation to the previous edition which mentions his daughter Lillian Portney





Thanks Davide

[The fool]

Thanks for another fine thread, Davide!

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And some less cropped photos...

[drjohncarpenter]

David, your posts are an absolute joy. Thank you for your latest!

Thoughts:

1) There was never a cooler US Army soldier than Presley.
2) Elvis handled the press, as usual, with aplomb.
3) Emotionally, the past 5 weeks had been some of the very worst of his life (Gladys died on August 14).
4) The complete Elvis Sails EP may be found here, on one of FTD's greatest-ever collections:




50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong (FTD)
http://home.online.no/~ov-egela/50mill.html

[Joe Car]

Absolutely magnificent pics! Well done David and everybody who contributed!

[ed40]

David,

Thank you very much for this fantastic topic...
Great story, outstanding pics !!

Ed

[california boy]

Thank you Davide, as always you are doin a fantastic work and your posts are always enjoyable:)
Many new candids to my eyes also...
Sincerely
Lior

[davide]

Alternative angle of Elvis and Lillian Portney

Davide

Uncropped

[davide]

A new one from the same date - Elvis looks to be surrounded by RCA Victor management, and possibly representives from the William Morris Agency plus Colonel Parker,and his staff.

Davide

[hilton22000]

GREAT!! Many photos new for me. Thank you very much for all your hard work

[George Smith]

Stunning as always, Davide, thank you.

I'd forgotten that Wertheimeer was present at the "birth" and the "death" of the Elvis rock 'n' roll years.

Lucky guy ... great photographer ...

[E-Cat]

I checked my Army folder (3500 photos) and found ca 100 more photos of Sept 22, some by A. Wertheimer.
Below a few...(many more to come)

Enroute to Brooklyn Elvis and Charlie



arriving at Brooklyn Army Terminal (BAT)






Steve Sholes is standing to the left of the blond girl (Ann Fulchino, RCA publicist)

Aboard the USS Randall

(the first 2 photos are taken in the Library)





PS David, you still have Day by Day as the incorrect source for Janie Wilbanks staying at Christmas.

[davide]

To E-Cat

Thanks for the great images,and hope to see some more from your collection -have updated the text regarding this
PS David, you still have Day by Day as the incorrect source for Janie Wilbanks staying at Christmas.[/quote]

Davide

[Mississippi]

Two more unknown photos aboard the USS Randall

http://cgi.ebay.com/Never-Seen-Before-Elvis-Presley-In-The-Army-Real-Photo_W0QQitemZ370295316306QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5637521f52

http://cgi.ebay.com/Never-Before-Seen-Elvis-Presley-In-The-Army-Real-Photo_W0QQitemZ370295316959QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item56375221df

Mississippi

[E-Cat]

Two more unknown photos aboard the USS Randall

#1 is a close alternate to a photo that has been posted , see also aboard the USS Randal section
#2 has been posted in resized format ,see also row 2 aboard the USS Randal section

thx you for your contribution MS