About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0048
  • TitleIn appreciation
  • SummaryThree men in suits, the two on left holding certificates. Caption: "IN APPRECIATION: David L. Tilly, chairman of the exectuive committee of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, and Henry J. Davenport, president of the Downtown Brooklyn Association, hand certificates to Walter Rothschild, president of Abraham & Straus, marking the completion of the store's new eight-story section."
  • Date1947
  • 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. 26, 1947; "Eagle Staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAbraham & Straus ; Businessmen -- New York (State) -- New York ; Award presentations -- 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