About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0142
  • TitleHer majesty rides high
  • SummaryNight view: two young women (one sitting, one standing) on parade float. Caption: "Her majesty rides high--Irma Hansen, Queen of the Coney Island Golden Jubilee Mardi Gras and a lady-in-waiting 'float' down Surf Ave. before the adoring eyes of their subjects."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsnight photographyphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 14, 1948. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectParade floats ; Parades
  • 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