Title: | Big rush is on again |
Description: | Very large crowd (seen from behind) waiting in line outside Loeser's department store; "going out of business" signs in storefront windows; policeman watching over crowd at left; skyscrapers of Brooklyn Heights in background. Caption: "BIG RUSH IS ON AGAIN: Long lines of bargain hunters, at least eight abreast and stretching around three sides of building, file into Loeser's for second day of going-out-of-business sale. This scene, on Livingston St., shows how police kept order today with wooden barricades that left narrow aisle next to curb for passersby." |
Date: | 1952 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
Creator: | Lambert, Al. |
More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Feb. 15, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle Staff Photo by Lambert." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. |
Collection: | Department Stores [4]
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Subject: |
Department stores [5] Liquidation [6] Crowds [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 0138 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/1add9ab50702da1cc9385e526282d0df&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/d/Department stores
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/l/Liquidation
[7] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/c/Crowds