About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0061
  • TitleNew food shop
  • SummaryGrocery department at Abraham & Straus department store on Fulton Streets showing glass counter with various foods in foreground; man and woman (possibly worker and customer) before shelves in background. Caption: "NEW FOOD SHOP which opened today at Abraham & Straus was created for the woman whose daily schedule requires that dinner be whisked on to the table in a matter of minutes. Here is Prepared Food Section stocked with ready-to-serve and take-home foods."
  • 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: Feb. 12, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAbraham & Straus ; Department stores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Grocery shopping -- 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. II