About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0138
  • TitleBig rush is on again
  • SummaryVery large crowd (seen from behind) waiting in line outside Loeser's department store; "going out of business" signs in storefront windows; policeman watching over crowd at left; skyscrapers of Brooklyn Heights in background. Caption: "BIG RUSH IS ON AGAIN: Long lines of bargain hunters, at least eight abreast and stretching around three sides of building, file into Loeser's for second day of going-out-of-business sale. This scene, on Livingston St., shows how police kept order today with wooden barricades that left narrow aisle next to curb for passersby."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Feb. 15, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle Staff Photo by Lambert." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDepartment stores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Liquidation -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crowds -- 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: Loeser & Co