About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0087
  • TitleTime out for repairs
  • SummaryJoseph Weinstein, president of Mays Department Store on Fulton Street, adjusting shorts of girl in unidentified park; second girl looking on. Caption: "TIME OUT FOR REPAIRS: Mr. Weinstein takes time out from his duties as host at the outing to adjust bathing trunks of his granddaughter, Gail Shulman, 11, while another granddaughter, Linda Felmus, 10, supervises the job. Crowds consumed more than 800 bottles of soda, 800 containers of milk and 1,200 portions of ice cream, all 'on the house.'".
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jun. 28, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDepartment stores -- Employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Grandfathers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Granddaughters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parks -- 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