[Laying cornerstone at Loeser's department store] - Digital Collections

Call NumberDEPT_0132
Title[Laying cornerstone at Loeser's department store]
SummaryMen in overcoats laying cornerstone for department store in Long Island. Caption on verso: "Walter Hammitt, vice president of Frederick Loeser & Co., looks on as Mayor John C. Norris of Garden City wields the trowel at the cornerstone laying of the new Garden City branch of Loeser's. . . ."
Date1937
Formatstill image
Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date inscribed: Feb. 4/37; photographer's stamp from verso of copy 2. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
CreatorPlatnick Photo
Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
SubjectDepartment stores -- New York (State) -- Garden City ; Cornerstone laying -- New York (State) -- Garden City
CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
PlaceOther place
LocationGarden City (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: Loeser & Co