About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0079
  • TitleSigns don't mean a thing
  • SummaryFour women standing under wooden scaffolding and leaning against railing, probably on Fulton Street; sign behind them reads, "HACK STAND, 3 TAXICABS, NO PARKING." Caption: "SIGNS DON'T MEAN A THING to nylon-seeking ladies who stood determinedly, a 'no parking' sign notwithstanding, outside Mays Department Store today, where the precious hosiery was on sale."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 30, 1946; "Eagle staff photo." Retouched.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDepartment stores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Women -- 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: Mays I