About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0138
  • TitlePenitent
  • SummaryCaption: "Penitent--Mummer in convict garb pantomimes that he'll be good if only the policeman [standing back to camera] will not take him back to jail. All part of the make-believe at the Coney Island Mardi Gras." Image includes group of spectators standing behind police barricade.
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 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 ; Pantomime -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- New York (State) -- New York ; Spectators -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • 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