Grandma, how chic you've grown

Grandma, how chic you've grown
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Title: Grandma, how chic you've grown
Description:

Three children (one in mask) sitting on bale of hay, presumably in Mays department store on Fulton Street; three women behind them holding masks. Caption: "GRANDMA, HOW CHIC YOU'VE GROWN: Grandmothers who modeled fashion review at the Halloween fete unmask for their grandchildren, left to right, Beverly Launsdon, dog-faced Tommy Hartford and Maureen Mortimer. Billed as 'Size 12 grandparents' are, left to right, Virg Weed, Nicky Commette and Peg Ramy."

Date: 1952
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: Oct. 30, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
Collection: Department Stores
Subject: Department stores
Grandmothers
Children
Masks
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 0073