About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0157
  • TitleSitting on top of the world
  • SummaryCaption: "Sitting on top of the world--Enthroned as Queen of the Carnival, Dorothy Duane, 19, of 3224 Avenue I, had a good view of the festivities at the 43d Annual Coney Island Mardi Gras, but the 350,000 persons participating were mostly interested in looking at her, hailed on the float as 'Oh, you beautiful doll'!".
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Sep[t] 9, 1947. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAmusement parks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Festivals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parade floats -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parades -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Coney Island: Mardi Gras