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  • TitleRinging a change
  • Call NumberDEPT_0143
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryMan in suit presenting check to older woman at banquet. Caption: "RINGING A CHANGE: Winding up 53 years of service with the now defunct Frederick Loeser & Co., for 76 years a leading downtown Brooklyn department store, Katherine Burke Kelly, oldest employee, gets severance check of $2,121 from George J. Troy, chariman of Loeser's A. F. L. organization Council. Other old-timers who were present at a testimonial dinner in Maison Foffe, 155 Montague St., were, seated left to right, Agnes Neary and Loretta Kells, and standing, left to right, Katherine Bennett, John Lilly, Miss Kelly, Mr. Troy and P. R. Corcoran, Loeser's personnel director."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 8, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDepartment stores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Department stores -- Employees -- 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.