Penitent
| Title: | Penitent |
| Description: | Caption: "Penitent--Mummer in convict garb pantomimes that he'll be good if only the policeman [standing back to camera] will not take him back to jail. All part of the make-believe at the Coney Island Mardi Gras." Image includes group of spectators standing behind police barricade. |
| Date: | 1947 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) |
| More Details: |
Date stamped on verso: Sep[t] 9, 1947. Title from caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Coney Island
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| Subject: |
Amusement parks Festivals Pantomime Police Spectators |
| 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 0138 |



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