About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0136
  • TitleBargain hunters jam Fulton St
  • SummaryVery large crowd on street before Loeser's department store; "going out of business" signs in storefront windows; policeman in foreground directing traffic. Caption: "BARGAIN HUNTERS JAM FULTON ST.: A repeat performance of yesterday's log-jam (merely a minute portion is shown above) outside Loeser's was in prospect today when the doors of the famed old department store swung open for the second day of the gigantic going-out-of-business sale. . . ."
  • 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: Feb. 15, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDepartment stores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Liquidation -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crowds -- 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: Loeser & Co