About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0275
  • TitleMardi Gras
  • SummaryTen young women wearing bathing suits sitting on boardwalk bench with Wonder Wheel in background. Caption: "Mardi Gras--The shapliest dolls in the metropolitan area are entered in competition for title of Queen of Coney Island's Mardi Gras to be held Sept. 13-19. with curvesome Sally Wile in front, they line up here at Steeplechase Pool. Behind Sally, left to right, are Elaine Gotsking, Gloria Cavallari, Sheilla Weiss, Sondra Poretz, Darlene Liotta, Tracy Powers, Muriel Webb, Ginger Jackson and Shirley Butte."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: aug. 25, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAmusement parks ; Beauty contestants ; Ferris wheels
  • 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