About This Item


  • Call NumberCONE_0040
  • TitleMrs. Emily Klein
  • SummaryOne young woman, one elderly woman, and two young men standing. Caption: "Mrs. Emily Klein, 69 year old grandmother receives loving cup from George C. Tilyou. Mrs. Klein who lives at ... 1 Clark Street, Brooklyn Heights and is president of Brooklyn's Three Score and Ten Club won the annual Grandma contest held Tuesday, July 14th, at the Steeplechase, Coney Island. ...From left to right they are: Kay Parsons, radio's 'Girl of Yesterday,' Mrs. Klein, Mr. Tilyou and Don Kerr, well known radio announcer."
  • Date[1936]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed caption on verso.
  • SubjectAwards ; Beauty contests
  • 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: Beauty contests