About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0137
  • TitleHe's hog-tied
  • SummaryPerson wearing pig costume standing in front of young woman with small boy; policeman and several other spectators in background. Caption: "He's hog-tied--This big porker scared the daylights out of 4-year-old Frank Pezzella of 1585 E. 10th St. at the Mardi Gras at Coney Island last night. Other things, like floats and parades, were O. K. with Frank."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 11, 1946. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFear ; Parades ; Pantomime
  • 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