Speaking of Coney Island...

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Here's an a little clip from an oral history interview from our collection (circa 1987) with Lillian Santangello, former owner of the Coney Island Wax Museum.  The interviewer, Benjamin Filene, asks Lillian about a bunch of things from the Wax Museum that became part of the BHS' collection, including a wax Nat King Cole head!

Click on the link below to listen:

Six Wax Mystery Heads

 

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