| Title: | 1953 Coney Island Mardi Gras |
| Description: | Night view: two men wearing suits sitting in back seat of convertible automobile and Black man wearing uniform sitting in driver's seat; banner attached to antenna: "Mid-County Buick;" banner attached to driver's door: "1953 Grand Marshal." Caption: "1953 Coney Island Mardi Gras, September 7-13. Mayor Vincent R. Impellitteri, Honorary Grand Marshal of the Mardi Gras parade and W. Kenneth Bourke, chairman of the Mardi Gras Committee, ride in lead car of the Parade." |
| Date: | 1953 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 11, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. On verso: "On Surf Av. almost in front o[f] Nathan's." Title from typed caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Coney Island [4]
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| Subject: |
Impellitteri, Vincent R. (Vincent Richard), 1900-1987. [5] Automobiles [6] Parades [7] |
| Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
| Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Night photographs. 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 0158 |