Mardi Gras mood

Mardi Gras mood
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Title: Mardi Gras mood
Description:

Caption: "Mardi Gras mood--Mayor Impellitteri turns over document proclaiming Sept. 8 to 12 as Coney Island Mardi Gras Week to W. Kenneth Bourke, president of Coney Island Carnival Company. Mayor has been asked to serve as grand marshal for the onetime annual celebration which has not been held since 1948."

Date: 1953
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
Creator: Brooklyn eagle.
More Details: Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched.
On verso: date stamped: Jul[y] 13, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Coney Island
Subject: Parades
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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 0148