About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0034
  • TitleIdeal for downtown traffic
  • SummaryThree smiling boys in miniature automobile; Christmas tree in background. Caption: "IDEAL FOR DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC: Boys from St. John's Home, Rockaway Park, test drive a miniature version of the 1955 Ford Thunderbird which is on display at Abraham & Staus until Dec. 21, when two miniature cars will be raffled off. . . . Roger Moore, 12, is at the wheel while Pete McCullough, 11, left, and Eddie Stays, 11, hang on. The boys were among 100 orphans who shopped at A&S at the expense of the Brooklyn Junior Chamber of Commerce."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 10, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAbraham & Straus ; Orphans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Toys -- 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.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Department Stores: Abraham & Straus: Misc. I