About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0093
  • TitleGobble-gobble giveaway
  • SummaryTwo men in suits presenting boxes labeled "young hen turkey" to women waiting in line. Caption: "GOBBLE-GOBBLE GIVEAWAY: Max L. Shulman, president of Mays Department Store, 510 Fulton St., left, oversees proceedings as Joe Weinstein, Mays chairman of the board, distributes Thanksgiving turkeys to store employes. Several thousand were thus passed out last Wednesday. Twelve thousand more will go to needy families at Christmas, Mr. Weinstein said."
  • 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: Nov. 26, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorPublicity Photographers
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDepartment stores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Department stores -- Employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Thanksgiving Day -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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