About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0030
  • TitleBeauty secrets
  • SummaryMan in suit holding cosmetic pencils and standing behind seated woman at unidentified location, possibly in office of Abraham & Straus department store on Fulton Street; two other young women watching demonstration; venetian blinds and framed covers of Redbook magazine in background. Caption: "BEAUTY SECRETS: Del Russo, makeup artist for the Power Girls, demonstrates make-up tricks on Sandra Tiernan, A&S College Board representative from St. John's University, as fellow board members Marilyn Mahoney of Hunter College and Jean Halpin of Barnard, look on."
  • Date1950
  • 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. 3, 1950. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAbraham & Straus ; College students -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cosmetics -- New York (State) -- New York ; Beauty operators -- 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