About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0006
  • TitleAnd still the prices come down
  • SummaryEmployee in smock behind counter pointing to sign that reads "Dr. West's TOOTH BRUSHES"; smiling customer looking at employee and holding toothbrush taken from bin on countertop. Caption: "AND STILL THE PRICES COME DOWN: Happy customer at Abraham & Straus is Mrs. John Addison, right, of 77 Lefferts Ave., buying a name brand toothbrush which, as sign says, has been cut from 59 to 39 cents, or, roughly, one-third off. Clerk is Annabelle Aaronson of 1739 E. 52d St."
  • Date1951
  • 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: May 31, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAbraham & Straus ; Consumers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Department stores -- Employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Toothbrushes ; Department stores -- 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: Customers