About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0146
  • TitleA charming entry
  • SummarySmall girl standing on float with sign, "Little Bo Peep," holding staff in left and superimposed trophy in right hand; group of spectators including young woman wearing cape and crown, tree, and portion of residential building in background. Caption: "A charming entry--Diane De Salvio, 3 1/2, a beautiful but a bit worried Bo Peep, with one of her lost sheep, was a prize winner in the [Coney Island] Mardi Gras baby parade."
  • Date1946
  • 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] 15, 1946. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectParade floats ; Parades ; Spectators [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