About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0088
  • TitleBeauty to spare
  • SummaryFourteen young women in one-piece bathing suits standing on covered table in unidentified park. Caption: "BEAUTY TO SPARE: Contestants who failed to 'place' only because number of winners was limited to three, show why the judges' job was a tough one. Left to right are Marilyn Lucas, Frances Martinitis, Rose LaMantia, Pat Kreussling, Sally Striharsky, Lena Baccellieri, Doris Lynch, Frances Orlando, Fran Palmero, Alice Balinchuk, Edith Berry, Stella D'Angelillo, Marie Werner and Marilyn Janiesch. Contest, open to Mays employes, was viewed by more than 1,000 store personnel who made the journey in 18 buses and more than 100 automobiles."
  • Date1954
  • 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: Jun. 28, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDepartment stores -- Employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Beauty contestants -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parks -- 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: Mays II