About This Item

  • TitlePencil sketches from Wechsler and Abraham's
  • Call NumberDEPT_0028
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryPencil sketch, circa 1890, of crowd milling about entrance to Abraham & Straus department store on Fulton Street; ladies with parasols, horse-drawn carriages, etc. Caption on verso: "Carriage trade was really carriage trade in the period when this sketch was made, showing the crowds outside of Abraham & Straus."
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 6 x 9 in.
  • Genredrawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from recto. On verso: date inscribed: Feb. 1/40.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAbraham & Straus ; Department stores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Horse-drawn vehicles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Consumers -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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.