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Title
Matzoh-Ball
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1966
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Photograph caption dated March 2, 1966 reads, "Jayne Mansfield joins Sol Weinstein, author of 'Matzohball,' a parody on James Bond, as he autographs a matzoh during the festivities at a special 'Matzoh-Ball,' held in Weinstein's honor at Harlow's, a New York discotheque this past week. Weinstein, gag writer for Joe E. Lewis and creator of the fictional character Israel Bond, Hebrew secret agent Oy Oy 7, received the 1965 'Gag Writer of the Year Award,' presented annually by the National Association of Gag Writers."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00133731
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 14041
CARL0005544210
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/34576
Subject
Mansfield, Jayne,--1933-1967
Weinstein, Sol
Matzos
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States
Composers--United States
Lyricists--United States
Dogs--New York (State)--New York
Chihuahua (Dog breed)--New York (State)--New York
Women--New York (State)--New York
Nightclubs--New York (State)--New York
Men--New York (State)--New York
New York (N.Y.)
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Time Period
1961-1970

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