About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0054
  • Title[Six businessmen at Abraham & Straus]
  • SummarySix men in suits posing at opening of annex to Abraham & Straus department store on Fulton Street; two men in middle holding plan or certificate; background mostly blacked out by retouching; men identified by inscription on verso as (left to right) L. C. Wills, Vice President of Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce; Borough President James T. Byrne; Edward C. Blum, 1st Vice President of Abraham & Straus; George V. McLoughlin; John E. Ruston, President of Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce; and Albert Firmin, postmaster.
  • Date1925
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 9/25. Title supplied by cataloger. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • SubjectAbraham & Straus ; Businessmen -- New York (State) -- New York ; Department 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.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Department Stores: Abraham & Straus: Misc. II