Title: | Grand opening |
Description: | Ribbon cutting ceremony at Abraham & Straus department store on Fulton Street; Shows four people; Caption on verso: "Borough President John Cashmore (third [i.e. second] from left) cuts the ribbon opening the exhibit 'Brooklyn: Panorama of Tomorrow' during the housewarming festivities, as R. E. Blum (left), vice-president of the store, Mrs. Howard E. Nieman, one of the store's oldest charge customers, and Walter Rothschild, president of the store, look on." |
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 of DEPT 0052. |
Collection: | Department Stores [4]
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Subject: |
Cashmore, John, 1895-1961. [5] Abraham & Straus. [6] Department stores [7] Department stores [7] |
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 0049 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/e385c7e8e48d04b891ff123d3f294f69&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/c/Cashmore, John, 1895-1961.
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/a/Abraham %26 Straus.
[7] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/d/Department stores