About This Item
- TitleWasting no time
- Call NumberDEPT_0001
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryMan dressed as Santa Claus holding smiling, gesturing child in his lap. Caption: "WASTING NO TIME: It's getting to feel a lot like Christmas, Brooklyn youngsters discover as they rejoice in the glories of the Abraham & Straus toy department just three weeks ahead of the Big Day. . . . And making sure that Santa is perfectly clear about what goes under her tree is Martha Melito, 3, of 2223 79th St."
- Date1954
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 7 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 4, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle Photos by Jules Geller."
- CreatorGeller, Jules
- Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
- SubjectAbraham & Straus ; Department store Santas -- New York (State) -- New York ; Girls -- New York (State) -- New York ; Department stores -- Employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Christmas -- New York (State) -- New York ; Department stores -- 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.