Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Cartier’s, Famous House of Gems. Jewels on display in the windows of Cartier’s attract passersby who stop and look long at the dazzling pieces while they go shopping on New York’s Fifth Avenue. Cartier’s vast stock of jewels varies from such famous pieces as the huge emerald that once belonged to Empress Catherine of Russia to lapel whimsies, such as a golden birdcage filled with jewel birds of paradise.
Cartier’s, Famous House of Gems. Jewels on display in the windows of Cartier’s attract passersby who stop and look long at the dazzling pieces while they go shopping on New York’s Fifth Avenue. Cartier’s vast stock of jewels varies from such famous pieces as the huge emerald that once belonged to Empress Catherine of Russia to lapel whimsies, such as a golden birdcage filled with jewel birds of paradise.
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Cartier’s, Famous House of Gems. Jewels on display in the windows of Cartier’s attract passersby who stop and look long at the dazzling pieces while they go shopping on New York’s Fifth Avenue. Cartier’s vast stock of jewels varies from such famous pieces as the huge emerald that once belonged to Empress Catherine of Russia to lapel whimsies, such as a golden birdcage filled with jewel birds of paradise.

Wide World Photos, Inc. · [ca. February 1953]

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