About This Item

  • TitleNo Brooklyn angle
  • Call NumberCONE_0145
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "No Brooklyn angle--But New Jersey curves, won for Irene Lissenden of 533 Muriel Parkway, Elizabeth, N. J., the title of 'Miss Mardi Gras' for the annual Fall pageant at Coney Island. She was crowned by Mayor O'Dwyer. Left to right in the photograph are Mayor O'Dwyer, Miss Lissenden and Lt. Col. C. J. Hilbert of the Consolidated Edison Company at Coney Island."
  • 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: Aug. 30, 1946. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectO'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964 ; Beauty contestants ; Pageants
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.