About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0059
  • TitleDoll-happy
  • SummaryStudio portrait of two girls holding dolls; apparently publicity photo for toy sale at Abraham & Straus department store on Fulton Streets. Caption: "DOLL-HAPPY: Elaine and Jo Ann Esturo of 542 11th St., do sister-act with dolls created by famed Madame Alexander. Elaine, left, holds 'Rosebud,' a golden-haired baby doll dressed in a pale pink frock with pink wool coat and matching bonnet (20" high, priced at $17.95). Jo Ann, right, demonstrates that brunette 'Winnie Walker' can really walk. . . ."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Nov. 2, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAbraham & Straus ; Girls -- New York (State) -- New York ; Dolls -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sisters -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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. II