About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0066
  • Title[Girl Scouts at Abraham & Straus]
  • SummaryMan in suit standing with two girl scouts before model of cake on table; lettering on cake reads, "21st YEAR A & S FLAG PRESENTATION." Caption: "The Girl Scouts presented Davd Gray, selling superintendent of Abraham & Straus, with a cake at the annual flag presentation sponsored by the store. Ninety-one troops received flags. Making the presentation were Paula Petit and Janet Garfinkel of Troop 2-428."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 24, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorFurlong, Harold C.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectGirl Scouts of the United States of America ; Abraham & Straus ; Girls -- New York (State) -- New York ; Department stores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Department stores -- Employees -- 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: Special Events