his studio was on the second floor of the same building which housed the Stage Door (strip club)on Pearl street, I believe he lived next door to "Marcel" one street west of Delaware at Edward. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeanette Davis" <dogmom7@hotmail.com> To: <NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 11:57 AM Subject: [NYERIE] Gene Laverne > Good morning everyone. > > I wrote in, last year, looking for information on a photographer named > Gene Laverne. Thought I'd 'drop another line' just in case someone ran > across something or someone new knows something. > > To recap. Gene Laverne was a very famous Glamour Photographer, who lived > and worked in Buffalo for decades. He photographed many famous and > not-so-famous entertainers. I found out, last year, that he had died in > 1978. I am hoping that someone might know what happend to his > photos/negatives. I am trying to obtain them for a lady who is collecting > Burlesque memorabelia, for the Golden Days of Burlesque Historical > Society. Info on the Society is at: > http://www.burlesquehistory.com/ > She plans to turn the collection over to a university for permanent > preservation, in the future. > > I was able to get Gene's obituary and I spoke to the funeral director. So > far, I have been unable to trace any heirs. As far as I know, Gene had no > children. His sister's phone (the POC named in the funeral home bill) had > been disconnected. I was told that his mother was buried at Concordia > Cemetery, (as is some of my family) but they have no record of any > burials, under any of the family names. > > Does anyone have any suggestions? > > Thanks for your help. > > Jeanette > > > > ==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== > To contact the List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> > See the Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >