About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0042
  • TitleA real movie star!
  • SummaryTen children, some sipping Coca-Colas through straws, standing in party room at Abraham & Straus department store on Fulton Street. Caption: "A REAL MOVIE STAR!: Alan Goldberg, 3, of 140 Dover St., breathlessly accepts an autographed picture from Richie Andrusco, eight-year-old Brooklyn star of the prize-winning movie, 'Little Fugitive,' while other admirers wait their turn. Richie lives at 8693 Bay Parkway. The event was a 'Coke-Tail' party staged yesterday at the opening of A&S Toyland."
  • Date1953
  • 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. 1, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAndrusco, Richie, 1945- ; Abraham & Straus ; Children -- New York (State) -- New York ; Child actors -- New York (State) -- New York ; 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: Misc. I