Title: | And still the prices come down |
Description: | Employee in smock behind counter pointing to sign that reads "Dr. West's TOOTH BRUSHES"; smiling customer looking at employee and holding toothbrush taken from bin on countertop. Caption: "AND STILL THE PRICES COME DOWN: Happy customer at Abraham & Straus is Mrs. John Addison, right, of 77 Lefferts Ave., buying a name brand toothbrush which, as sign says, has been cut from 59 to 39 cents, or, roughly, one-third off. Clerk is Annabelle Aaronson of 1739 E. 52d St." |
Date: | 1951 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: May 31, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks. |
Collection: | Department Stores [4]
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Subject: |
Abraham & Straus. [5] Consumers [6] Department stores [7] Toothbrushes [8] 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 0006 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/15697ae483f256a93ea28c31637c6c2e&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/Abraham %26 Straus.
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/c/Consumers
[7] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/d/Department stores
[8] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/t/Toothbrushes