About This Item


  • TitlePalsy victims visit Santa
  • Call NumberDEPT_0005
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryMan dressed as Santa Claus with three children, one on his lap, one standing at right, and one looking up from chair. Caption: "PALSY VICTIMS VISIT SANTA: Abraham & Straus' Santa Claus plays host to three victims of cerebral palsy, Judith Moiseff, 7, 980 E. 15th St.; Matthew DeTora, 7, 265 Central Ave., and Nancy Rosenbloom, 8, 2054 Nostrand Ave."
  • Date1954
  • 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: Dec. 15, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle Photo by Al Lambert." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAbraham & Straus ; Department store Santas -- New York (State) -- New York ; Department stores -- Employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Christmas -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cerebral palsied children -- 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.