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SINGERS SCRUB VERDI; CAMERAS SET TEMPO; Ponselle and Opera Brigade Use Brushes on Statue as Serafin Conducts With a Broom.

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January 9, 1930, Section Radio, Page 28Buy Reprints
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The overture to the long awaited scrubbing of Giuseppe Verdi's statue was held yesterday afternoon. It was held in the middle of the bright, sunlit hours that are best for photographs. De Wolf Hopper, who was to have been in charge, was not in charge, so his place in the line-up ... View Full Article in Timesmachine »