About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0163
  • TitleThe sleeping babe
  • SummaryCaption: "The sleeping babe--Coney Island's Mardi Gras proves just too much for year-and-a-half old Nick Toto of 437 15th St. whose mother entered him in the baby parade dressed in tribute to the late Babe Ruth."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 19, 1948; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAmusement parks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Festivals -- New York (State) ; 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