About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0002
  • TitleIndoor outing
  • SummaryTwo boys and one girl waving to photographer from merry-go-round; adults watching in background. Caption: "INDOOR OUTING: Three of the hundreds of little inmates of Brooklyn orphanages enjoy merry-go-round in the A&S 8th floor 'Playland' as the department store's contribution, together with a gift and refreshment, to the $5 Christmas shopping binge being provided by the Brooklyn Junior Chamber of Commerce. . . ."
  • 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: Dec. 9, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAbraham & Straus ; Merry-go-round -- New York (State) -- New York ; Orphans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Christmas -- 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: Christmas