About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0029
  • TitleBig time for orphans
  • SummaryComedians Milton Berle (in Santa Claus outfit) and Martha Raye sitting with thirteen children of varied ethnicity in unknown location. Caption: "BIG TIME FOR ORPHANS: 'Uncle Milty's Christmas Party' was huge success with some 300 kids from orphanages and settlement houses. Having fun with kids in picture are Martha Raye and Milton Berle. Kids got toys and other presents from Abraham & Straus, Brooklyn department store which sponsored the party, telecast over WNBT-TV."
  • Date1950
  • 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. 26, 1950; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBerle, Milton ; Raye, Martha ; Abraham & Straus ; Orphans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Christmas -- 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. I