About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0068
  • TitleIt's a doggone shame
  • SummaryGirl sitting on floor with dog in basement-like room and holding handkerchief to her eyes. Caption: "IT'S A DOGGONE SHAME: Butch, Evelyn Lineal's collie, tried his darndest to console his 11-year-old mistress after the judges passed him by in 'the first dog beauty show in history,' staged yesterday in the Special Events Center at the Abraham & Straus Department Store on Fulton St."
  • 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: May 4, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAbraham & Straus ; Girls -- New York (State) -- New York ; Collie -- New York (State) -- New York ; Dog shows -- New York (State) -- New York ; Department stores -- 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: Special Events