Penitent

Penitent
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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
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