Mrs. Doris Langley Moore and coronation robes arrive at Abraham & Straus

Mrs. Doris Langley Moore and coronation robes arrive at Abraham & Straus
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Title: Mrs. Doris Langley Moore and coronation robes arrive at Abraham & Straus
Description:

Middle-aged woman with black hat posing with trunks, presumably in a room in Abraham & Straus department store on Fulton Street; trunks marked "H.R. I. DUKE OF YORK" and "CUNARD LINE." Caption: "MRS. DORIS LANGLEY MOORE AND CORONATION ROBES ARRIVE AT ABRAHAM & STRAUS. The historic collection of Coronation Robes of the Royal Family to be shown for the first time outside British territory are in these old-fashioned tin trunks brought by armed guard to A&S and shown with Mrs. Doris Langley Moore who will present them at teatime tomorrow in A&S restaurant. . . ."

Date: 1953
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: Jan. 17, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
Collection: Department Stores
Subject: Moore, Doris Langley, 1902-1989.
Abraham & Straus.
Trunks (Luggage)
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 0043