About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0073
  • TitleGrandma, how chic you've grown
  • SummaryThree children (one in mask) sitting on bale of hay, presumably in Mays department store on Fulton Street; three women behind them holding masks. Caption: "GRANDMA, HOW CHIC YOU'VE GROWN: Grandmothers who modeled fashion review at the Halloween fete unmask for their grandchildren, left to right, Beverly Launsdon, dog-faced Tommy Hartford and Maureen Mortimer. Billed as 'Size 12 grandparents' are, left to right, Virg Weed, Nicky Commette and Peg Ramy."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 30, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDepartment stores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Grandmothers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Children -- New York (State) -- New York ; Masks -- 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: Mays I