Title: | Madame Alexander |
Description: | Woman posing with six dolls arranged on winding staircase of dollhouse; presumably publicity photo for Abraham & Straus department store on Fulton Street. Caption: "MADAME ALEXANDER herself is seen here with her coronation doll creations, Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret, Duchess of Kent, Lady Trafalgar, Lady Churchill and Countess Wilmanton. The Queen is $34.95 with her royal robe; Princess Margaret and the Peeresses, $24.95." |
Date: | 1953 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
More Details: |
Title derived from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: May 26, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. |
Collection: | Department Stores [4]
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Subject: |
Alexander, Beatrice, 1895-1990. [5] Abraham & Straus. [6] Dolls [7] Dollmakers [8] Department stores [9] |
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 0041 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/455011b88a79fa0aa5b10f4c46de4287&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+Heights+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Department+Stores
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/a/Alexander, Beatrice, 1895-1990.
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/a/Abraham %26 Straus.
[7] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/d/Dolls
[8] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/d/Dollmakers
[9] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/d/Department stores