About This Item

  • TitleCelebrating 1st anniversary
  • Call NumberDEPT_0077
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryThree men in suits lighting candle on ceremonial cake. Caption: "CELEBRATING 1ST ANNIVERSARY: Lighting candle on birthday cake to mark first anniversary of Mays department store in Queens is Acting Borough President of Queens Joseph Mafera. Watching are Leonard Bender, manager of Mays Queens, at Union Turnpike and 258th St., and Max Shulman, vice president of the Mays stores."
  • 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: Oct. 21, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Official photograph, President Borough of Queens." Retouched.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDepartment stores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Department stores -- Employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Birthday cakes -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationGlen Oaks (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.