About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0040
  • TitleQueen in crimson robe
  • SummaryStudio photograph of dolls of British queen and three royal guardsmen; presumably publicity photo for Abraham & Straus department store on Fulton Street. Caption: "QUEEN in Crimson Robe and her guards in their fur busby headpieces reveal the lavish detail of the Madame Alexander Coronation dolls. This is Scene I, the procession from Buckingham to Westminster Abbey."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle derived from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: May 26, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAlexander, Beatrice, 1895-1990 ; Abraham & Straus ; Dolls -- Great Britain
  • 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: Abraham & Straus: Misc. I