About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0037
  • TitleElizabeth Kaiser and George C. Tilyou
  • SummaryMan standing on left and elderly woman standing on right holding trophy cup in right hand and floral bouquet in left hand. Caption: "70 year old Elizabeth Kaiser is judged the winner of the Grandma Bathing Beauty Contest at Steeplechase Park, Coney Island. Here she is being presented with the cup by George C. Tilyou. The contest held yesterday is the only of its kind and the only one that gives beautiful grandmas a break."
  • Date[1940]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: photographer's stamp ("Steeplechase Park courtesy photo"). Title from typed caption on verso.
  • CreatorSteeplechase Park
  • 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