About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0131
  • Title[Christmas tree at Loeser's department store]
  • SummaryThree costumed adults standing before mock picket fence setting off large Christmas tree at Loeser's department store on Fulton Street. Caption: "Brooklyn has what is purported to be one of the largest Christmas trees in the United States. Thirty feet high, it required 800 lights. It is right next door to Loeser's, Fulton St., and is shown here with Santa, Snow White and Abe the clown, who appear daily in Loeser's Toyland."
  • Date1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 9 x 6 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date inscribed: Nov. 28/37. Retouched.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectDepartment stores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Christmas trees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Department store Santas -- New York (State) -- New York ; Clowns -- 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