About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1041
  • TitleStore service
  • SummaryMan in military uniform and two women in rain coats stand facing glass counter; two women behind counter with wrapped packages face customers; shelves stocked with canned food, clothing, and other items behind saleswomen; Christmas decorations on wall over shelf. Caption: "Store service -- Making last minute purchases at the Fort Hamilton Post Exchange before going to the Army base to embark upon the great adventure. 'Embarks' are allowed to take only $50 in American cash with them. This and the fact that many articles are unobtainable abroad make the PX a busy little department store."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Dec. 25, 1949; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso. Retouched.
  • CreatorUnited States. Army
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectShopping ; Christmas decorations ; Raincoats
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Hamilton (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: Fort Hamilton: Military: General (buildings)