Sitting on top of the world

Sitting on top of the world
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Title: Sitting on top of the world
Description:

Caption: "Sitting on top of the world--Enthroned as Queen of the Carnival, Dorothy Duane, 19, of 3224 Avenue I, had a good view of the festivities at the 43d Annual Coney Island Mardi Gras, but the 350,000 persons participating were mostly interested in looking at her, hailed on the float as 'Oh, you beautiful doll'!"

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
Parade floats
Parades
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 0157