About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0007
  • TitleBlue ribbon hobby
  • SummaryTwo men in suits, presumably in offices of Abraham & Straus flagship on Fulton Street, standing in front of walls hung with paintings, one of them a self-portrait of the man at right.. Caption: "BLUE RIBBON HOBBY: Kenneth C. Richmond, vice president and treasuer of A&S, congratulates Charles Marino of the store's photo reflex studio on his winning of the 'Best in Class' blue ribbon and $15 award for his self-portrait in oils in the A&S seventh annual hobby show."
  • Date1951
  • 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. 29, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAbraham & Straus ; Department stores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Department stores -- Employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Award winners -- 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: Abraham & Straus: Employees