About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0377
  • Title[Marian Ray and wax figure]
  • SummaryMarian Ray working on wax figure. the specific location is presumably the workshop of the Eden Musee, a Coney Island wax museum. Caption: "She doesn't disapprove of the cigar-smoking infant terrible ... because she knows she can turn him into a prefectly-behaved baby if necessary."
  • Date1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped and cutout. On verso: date inscribed: [Aug.?] 11/37. On verso: "[Coney Isla?]nd Musee." Retouched. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectWax figures ; Waxworks
  • 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: Wax Museum (Eden Musee)