About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0150
  • Title"Waiting at the Church"
  • SummaryConey Island Mardi Gras parade float titled "Waiting at the Church" with miniature church and small boy sitting at door; many spectators and several commercial/residential buildings in background. Caption: "Baby Parade's big moment of romance was effective- ... Ave. spectators by Frank D. Esposito, 3 1/2, a manly little ... turned out as a bridegroom 'Waiting at the Church'."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. 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