About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0091
  • TitleGala opening
  • SummaryFour men in suits standing inside of open doors at ribbon cutting ceremony; crowd of onlookers behind them. Caption: "GALA OPENING: City Council President Abe Stark cuts tape at opening of Mays Department Store, Bond and Fulton Sts., as Joe Weinstein, right, board chairman, and Max L. Shulman, president, left, and Mario Remo, vice president of the store, look on. Thousands jammed nearby streets at the opening."
  • Date1954
  • 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: Aug. 26, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDepartment stores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Department stores -- Employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Building dedications -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • 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: Mays II