SummaryMan dressed as Santa Claus standing with two seated, smiling men in suits; man in center with fedora; man at left with engineer's cap but holding fedora. Caption: "GALLANT AS ALL GETOUT: The Abraham & Straus Santa Claus takes time out from dandling kiddies on his knee and listing their Christmas wants to decorate two knights of the Long Island Rail Road with new fedoras. Engineer Walter Stephenson, left, and his conductor, J. F. Ryan, Sr., recently backed up their train during the morning rush hour to rescue a lady's wind-blown bonnet from the rails."
NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 16, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle Photo by Jules Geller." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
SubjectLong Island Railroad Company -- Employees ; Abraham & Straus ; Department store Santas -- New York (State) -- New York ; Department stores -- Employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Christmas -- New York (State) -- New York ; Department stores -- New York (State) -- New York
Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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