| Title: | Ideal for downtown traffic |
| Description: | Three smiling boys in miniature automobile; Christmas tree in background. Caption: "IDEAL FOR DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC: Boys from St. John's Home, Rockaway Park, test drive a miniature version of the 1955 Ford Thunderbird which is on display at Abraham & Staus until Dec. 21, when two miniature cars will be raffled off. . . . Roger Moore, 12, is at the wheel while Pete McCullough, 11, left, and Eddie Stays, 11, hang on. The boys were among 100 orphans who shopped at A&S at the expense of the Brooklyn Junior Chamber of Commerce." |
| Date: | 1954 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 10, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. |
| Collection: | Department Stores [4]
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| Subject: |
Abraham & Straus. [5] Orphans [6] Toys [7] Department stores [8] |
| Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
| Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. |
| Rights: | Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library. |
| ID: | DEPT 0034 |