About This Item

  • TitleLaunching the big show
  • Call NumberCONE_0152
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryYoung woman wearing white gown and tiara and three men wearing suits standing behind banquet table with portion of window and draperies in background. Caption: "Launching the big show--Helene Capone, Queen of the Coney Island Mardi Gras, pins official insignia on Murray Handwerker, president of the Coney Island Carnival Company, and Mayor Wagner, right, at pre-parade dinner in Gargiulo's Restaurant. Look on is Borough Works Commissioner John J. Lynch, left."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 14, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorMcNamara, C. E. [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectWagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1910-1991 ; Parades
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.