About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0099
  • TitleBonanza day
  • SummaryMan in suit at left handing check to woman at right, as five other women wait their turn. Caption: "BONANZA DAY: Mays, 510 Fulton St., distributes $50,000 to its 600 employees as the fiscal year ends. Above, Maj. Max L. Shulman, vice president of the department store, hands Madeline Sessa her share of the bonus as Miss Sessa's co-workers look on, waiting their turn."
  • Date1946
  • 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: Mar. 7, 1946; "Eagle Staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDepartment stores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Department stores -- Employees -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Mays II