About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0065
  • TitleWho said business is bad?
  • SummaryLarge crowd of women picking over merchandise on tables. Caption: "WHO SAID BUSINESS IS BAD?: Mobs of housewives storm 4-cent bargain table in Abraham & Straus basement to cash in on some of specials in today's 'Sale of Sale.' Everything on table was selling for four cents or less. An ad in yesterday's Brooklyn Eagle heralded bargain basement event."
  • Date1954
  • 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. 10, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle Photo by Kruh." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAbraham & Straus ; Women -- New York (State) -- New York ; Consumers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Shopping -- 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