About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0013
  • TitlePackage program
  • SummaryWoman arranging merchandise on counter with sign that reads, 'HARMONY. A beautiful blending of rich colors in modern plaid"; display for place mats behind her; customers in background. Caption: "PACKAGE PROGRAM: Abraham & Straus sales clerk displays pre-packaged tablecloth in Linens Department. The downtown store is cellophane-wrapping all 'packagable' merchandise as part of new sales program."
  • 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: Jul. 29, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAbraham & Straus ; Department stores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Department stores -- Employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Display of merchandise -- 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: Employees