About This Item

  • TitleOn trail of scarce foods
  • Call NumberWORK_0936
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "On trail of scarce foods--Hundreds of shoppers [mostly back to camera] line up for blocks outside A & P at 173 Atlantic Ave. Note baby carriages in the queue." Image includes many parked and moving automobiles and other vehicles.
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso; date stamped: Oct. 22, 1946; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAutomobiles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crowds -- New York (State) -- New York ; Queues New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.