About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0097
  • TitleBevy of beauties at ball
  • SummaryThree young women in exotic costume; fourth woman in contemporary dress; all with hands on gift-wrapped package. Caption: "BEVY OF BEAUTIES: Halloween masquerade and fashion show at Mays Department Store at Hotel New Yorker brings out geisha girl Mary Wyatt, pixie Nancy Templeton and nauch girl Judy Ross, left to right, to aid Mrs. Scott Youmans in auctioning off 'grab box' at benefit for United Hospital Fund."
  • Date1952
  • 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: Oct. 30, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDepartment stores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Halloween -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fashion shows -- 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