A&S hobby show awards

A&S hobby show awards
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Title: A&S hobby show awards
Description:

Man in suit presenting check to woman, as one other woman and two other men look on; examples of employee art on walls in background. Caption: "A&S HOBBY SHOW AWARDS: Robert E. Blum, vice president and secretary of Abraham & Straus, presents first prize for embroidery to Catherine De Lisio at the store's 5th annual Employee Hobby Show. Other prize winners looking on are, left to right, Jennie Bentzen, first prize for needlepoint; John La Mountain, second prize in art, and Harold Boyce, first prize in jewelry."

Date: 1949
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
Creator: Brooklyn eagle.
More Details: Title from caption on verso.
On verso: date stamped: Jun. 28, 1949; "Eagle staff photo."
Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
Collection: Department Stores
Subject: Abraham & Straus.
Department stores
Department stores
Award winners
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 0015