About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0037
  • TitleBritish coronation robe
  • SummaryStudio portrait of woman wearing crown and trailing robe. Caption: "BRITISH CORONATION ROBE: This Peeress costume, one of a historic group of the British Royal Family, will be shown at a fashion tea in Abraham & Straus Restaurant tomorrow at 3 p.m. by Mrs. Doris Langley Moore, director of the British Costume Museum. This is the first American appearance of the collection. . . ."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsphotographsportraits
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 15, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAbraham & Straus ; Robes -- Great Britain ; Crowns -- Great Britain
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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