About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0058
  • TitleShooting gallery
  • SummaryStudio portrait of smiling boy with toy rifle and buckskin jacket standing next to tripod with three rotating duck models; apparently publicity photo for toy sale at Abraham & Straus department store on Fulton Streets. Caption: "SHOOTING GALLERY is a French import. Three metal arms extend from the top of an adjustable metal tripod. Gaily painted wooden ducks, attached by chains to the rods, must be firmly secured by metal clips to the rods. The three arms are set in motion and the 'hunter' then takes aim with his rifle. When he 'wings' a duck with a rubber tipped arrow, the duck drops realistically limp on its chain. Price $15.95."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle derived from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Nov. 2, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAbraham & Straus ; Boys -- New York (State) -- New York ; Toys -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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. II