About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0156
  • TitleOn float
  • SummaryNight view: young woman wearing bathing suit standing on parade float holding staff with cupped top with right hand and holding up left arm. Caption: "On float--Typical of the pretties taking part in the Coney Island Mardi Gras is [t]he girl pictured here. 'V for Victory' is the theme of ..."
  • Date1941
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsnight photographyphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 11, 1941. 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