About This Item

  • TitleA & P store
  • Call NumberWORK_0937
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "This [interior view of an] A & P store, with its gas lamps, its fancy chandelier, huge coffee bins, and other fittings, was the last word in an up-to-date and progressive chain store in 1890. It's a far cry, however, from the huge supermarkets of the chain today, celebrating its 80th anniversary this week. ..."
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 6 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 10/15/39. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • SubjectGrocery trade -- New York (State) -- New York ; Supermarkets -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.