About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0147
  • TitleBig belle meets little Belle
  • SummaryCaption: "Big belle meets little Belle--First prize winner in the costume division of the Coney Island Mardi Gras baby parade, two-year-old Belle Renee Abramowitz, who could be the toast of Gay Paree in her French dancer costume, gets her prize cup from Mardi Gras Irma Hanson. [Both are standing on float.] Belle's address is 217 Avenue W;" lamp post in left foreground with sign, "Rue Lepic," and possibly superimposed globe; large tree and several spectators in background.
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 19, 1948. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAwards ; Parade floats ; Parades
  • 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