| Title: | Mardi Gras sprite |
| Description: | Young girl sitting on pony holding sign, "Lady Godiva rides again;" young man dressed as cowboy in far right foreground and several spectators standing in background. Caption: "Mardi Gras sprite--Brooklyn's own Lady Godiva, 8-year-old Joan Megerle, parades regally down Surf Avenue in annual Baby Parade windup of Coney Island mardi Gras celebration. Joan, who lives at 129 Jamaica Ave., won prize for original fancy costume." |
| Date: | 1954 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
On verso: caption stamped: Sep[t] 19, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched. title from caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Coney Island [4]
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| Subject: |
Parades [5] Ponies [6] |
| 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 0164 |