Title: | Granny shows 'em |
Description: | Elderly woman wearing black dress carrying trophy cup in right hand and large floral bouquet and handkerchief in left hand. Caption: "Granny shows 'em--this is Mrs. Elizabeth Kaiser, prexy of the Grandma's Night-Out Club, winner of the grandma bathing beauty contest at Steeplechase Park." |
Date: | 1940 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
More Details: |
On verso; date inscribed: Aug. 4/40; photographer's stamp ("Steeplechase Park courtesy photo"). Title from caption on verso. |
Collection: | Coney Island [4]
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Subject: |
Awards [5] Beauty contests [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 0035 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/d873dd7c666f0e81e6052f9f4fcc7183&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Coney+Island+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Coney+Island
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/a/Awards
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/b/Beauty contests