About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0174
  • Title[Abraham & Straus in 1940]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (DEPT 0177), some of which may also be described in this new record; Identical elevated views of Abraham & Straus department store on Fulton Street; flag on roof; adjoining cast-iron building at right; other buildings in background. Caption on 0174: "ABRAHAM & STRAUS department store as it will appear with the Fulton St. elevated structure removed. An artist has painted out the Black Spider which for 50 years has cast its shadow over the buildings along Brooklyn's principal business street."
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso of 0174: date inscribed: May 31/40.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAbraham & Straus ; 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: Buildings