About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0980
  • TitleMartin's of Brooklyn new book shop
  • SummaryCaption: "Martin's of Brooklyn new book shop with its fluorescent, egg-crate ceiling, and open shelves gaily painted in blue, gray,and yellow. ... In the store's new lending library, members can read as many books as they like for the sum of $2.50 ..."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. Stamped on verso: date: Nov. 26, 1950; "Brooklyn Eagle." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBookstores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Department stores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Libraries -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Navy Yard (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: Martin's