About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0164
  • TitleMardi Gras sprite
  • SummaryYoung girl sitting on pony holding sign, "Lady Godiva rides again;" young man dressed as cowboy in far right foreground and several spectators standing in background. Caption: "Mardi Gras sprite--Brooklyn's own Lady Godiva, 8-year-old Joan Megerle, parades regally down Surf Avenue in annual Baby Parade windup of Coney Island mardi Gras celebration. Joan, who lives at 129 Jamaica Ave., won prize for original fancy costume."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: caption stamped: Sep[t] 19, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched. title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectParades ; Ponies
  • 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