About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0016
  • TitleThey dance for sailors
  • SummaryLine of costumed chorus girls posing for photograph in unknown location. Caption: "THEY DANCE FOR SAILORS: Part of the chorus line in show which 60 talented Abraham & Straus employees put on for servicemen an[d] veterans at St. Albans Naval Hospital last night. The good-lookers are, left to right, Margo Rubine, Jean Irvin, Ruth Sindell, Ruth Eder, Maria Cicale, Marie Lambiase, Joan Laviano and Margaret Wallace."
  • Date1949
  • 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: Nov. 16, 1949. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAbraham & Straus ; Showgirls -- New York (State) -- New York ; Department stores -- Employees -- 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: Employees