Mardi Gras gets new queen

Mardi Gras gets new queen
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Title: Mardi Gras gets new queen
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Caption: "Mardi Gras gets new queen--Black-haired Helene Capone, 18, of 363 Bay 8th St., is crowned queen of the Coney Island Mardi Gras by Council President Abe Stark. Queen Helene succeeds Fran Littlepage, a Jersey City girl, who abdicated because of a heavy singing and modeling schedule. Helene, a senior at Bay Ridge high School, will preside over the six Mardi Gras parades beginning Monday evening."

Date: 1954
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
Creator: Brooklyn eagle.
More Details: Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched.
On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 10, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Coney Island
Subject: Parades
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Rights: Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library
ID: CONE 0141