About This Item

  • TitleMays opens Glen Oaks branch
  • Call NumberDEPT_0075
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFive men in suits cutting ribbon; onlookers behind window on street. Caption: "MAYS OPENS GLEN OAKS BRANCH: The ribbon is cut as Mays opens its modern new branch store at Union Turnpike and 258th St. in Glen Oaks, Queens. The building cost $1,250,000 and has three air-conditioned selling floors. Left to right, County Judge George Joyce, Joe Weinstein, president of Mays; Queens Borough President Maurice Fitzgerald, Max Shulman, vice president of Mays, and Lawrence Morton, builder."
  • Date1950
  • 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. 24, 1950; photographer's stamp. Retouched.
  • CreatorPublicity Photographers
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDepartment stores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Department stores -- Employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Businessmen -- New York (State) -- New York ; Building dedications -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • 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.