Madame Alexander

Madame Alexander
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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.)
Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
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
Subject: Alexander, Beatrice, 1895-1990.
Abraham & Straus.
Dolls
Dollmakers
Department stores
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