About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0033
  • TitleYoung hobbyist
  • SummaryStudio portrait of boy assembling model railroad car; Christmas tree in background; presumably publicity photo for Abraham & Straus department store on Fulton street. Caption: "YOUNG HOBBYIST works on model of oldtime handcar and trailer. All-plastic, easily assembled kit is 69c in A&S Hobby Department."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsphotographsportraits
  • NoteTitle derived from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Nov. 27, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAbraham & Straus ; Boys -- New York (State) -- New York ; Toys -- New York (State) -- New York ; Railroads -- Models -- 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