About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0041
  • TitleMadame Alexander
  • SummaryWoman posing with six dolls arranged on winding staircase of dollhouse; presumably publicity photo for Abraham & Straus department store on Fulton Street. Caption: "MADAME ALEXANDER herself is seen here with her coronation doll creations, Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret, Duchess of Kent, Lady Trafalgar, Lady Churchill and Countess Wilmanton. The Queen is $34.95 with her royal robe; Princess Margaret and the Peeresses, $24.95."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle derived from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: May 26, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAlexander, Beatrice, 1895-1990 ; Abraham & Straus ; Dolls ; Dollmakers -- 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: Misc. I