About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0051
  • TitleThe carriage trade
  • SummaryMan and woman (she with parasol and period costume) sitting in open carriage; liveried coachman partially visible at right; two female pedestrians on far left. Caption: "THE CARRIAGE TRADE: Mrs. Howard E. Nieman, one of the oldest charge customers, and R. E. Blum, vice president, arrive in style at the opening of the new building at Abraham & Straus on Livingston St."
  • Date1947
  • 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: Jun. 26, 1947; "Eagle staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAbraham & Straus ; Horse-drawn vehicles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Department stores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Department stores -- Employees -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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