About This Item

  • TitleCustomer councilors
  • Call NumberDEPT_0083
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFive women (two with backs to camera) seated at table and examining clothing, probably at Mays department store on Fulton Street; standing man in suit observing them; second man (back to camera) standing at clothes rack in background. Caption: "CUSTOMER COUNCILORS: Mays stores of Brooklyn and Queens have instituted a new and revolutionary project concerning department store customer-relations, called the 'Customer Council Board.' Shown above is the first meeting. . . ."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso of: date stamped: Dec. 10, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle photo by Geller." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDepartment stores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Women -- 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.