About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0015
  • TitleA&S hobby show awards
  • SummaryMan in suit presenting check to woman, as one other woman and two other men look on; examples of employee art on walls in background. Caption: "A&S HOBBY SHOW AWARDS: Robert E. Blum, vice president and secretary of Abraham & Straus, presents first prize for embroidery to Catherine De Lisio at the store's 5th annual Employee Hobby Show. Other prize winners looking on are, left to right, Jennie Bentzen, first prize for needlepoint; John La Mountain, second prize in art, and Harold Boyce, first prize in jewelry."
  • Date1949
  • 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: Jun. 28, 1949; "Eagle staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAbraham & Straus ; Department stores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Department stores -- Employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Award winners -- 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: Employees