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1:40 PM I started off taking pictures in the Marcher’s Staging Area on W. 10th St. |
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1:42 PM |
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1:46 PM Larry The Lighthouse. |
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1:51 PM He has cords to pull that flap the wings. |
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1:52 PM Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School |
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1:53 PM |
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2:05 PM As the parade was starting I walked down along the route. Here I came upon the cars waiting to start. Evans Georgopolous’s 1931 Ford Model A Super Deluxe Roadster won Oldest Car. |
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2:05 PM |
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2:05 PM A 1975 Sterling GT. It won best convertible (!?) in the show. Here is a article in the NY Times on this kit car and its owner: Raising the Roof and His Profile. In Australia this was called the Purvis Eureka. |
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2:07 PM I’m walking along the route. Here’s Astroland’s float |
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2:08 PM Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn’s Number One cheerleader. I called out to him (he knows me) and yes he’s waving to me. |
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2:08 PM |
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2:09 PM The Brooklyn Beermaids. |
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2:10 PM I’ve reached to where the parade starts. Here’s the Segway Pirate. He won third for Motorized Float. |
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2:11 PM |
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2:12 PM |
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2:14 PM Hiway to Hell won third in Music Group. |
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2:14 PM Hiway to Hell won third in Music Group. |
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2:14 PM |
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2:15 PM The Mystical Children. |
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2:17 PM The Mystical Children. |
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2:19 PM |
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2:23 PM That’s Gleny up on top on of his shortbus. He won second in Motorized Float. |
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2:24 PM That’s Dick Zigun. He owns the Coney Island Side Show and is the "mayor" of Coney Island. |
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2:25 PM It looks like this fellow was born 1957-1961. See Thalidomide. |
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2:26 PM |
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2:28 PM This fellow makes all the parades. |
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2:38 PM There’s Gleny again. Things are a little congested here at the start. This won second in Motorized Float. |
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2:39 PM |
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2:40 PM Wheel of Fortuna. |
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2:41 PM |
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2:41 PM This sign goes with the next picture. |
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2:48 PM A sword swallower, with the sword fully inserted. From the Coney Island Sideshow? |
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2:48 PM No, this wasn’t the sword! |
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2:49 PM Rockaway Artists Alliance won first in Music Group. |
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2:51 PM The Coney Island Polar Bear Club. |
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2:52 PM The woman in red right behind the main subject is Jo Boobs. The pink-haired girl, and the girls in green and blue are part of Jo’s group. |
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2:52 PM The Asian girl in orange is Pookie Patootie. |
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2:52 PM The girl in black is Bambi. |
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2:53 PM Pink Inc. creates tension fabric structures. Also see next picture. |
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2:53 PM Pink Inc. creates tension fabric structures. |
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2:55 PM Little Mermaid from the Meteorologist Mermaids won Best Little Mermaid. |
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2:59 PM Debbie D won third in Push Pull Float. |
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2:59 PM Debbie D won third in Push Pull Float. |
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3:00 PM |
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3:00 PM Carmen MER-anda and the Samba Sharks. |
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3:00 PM |
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3:01 PM The King and Queen are about to arrive. |
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3:01 PM And here’s King Rev. Billy and Queen Savitri D, director of the Church of Stop Shopping. See the Wikipedia article on them. |
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3:01 PM |
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3:02 PM The king and queen’s push cart fell over when coming down the curb cut. I was a little slow. It happened right in front of me. Had I been quicker I could have had a clear shot of them on their backs. |
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3:03 PM Rapid T. Rabbit and Friends. |
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3:04 PM Suzanne Muldowney, better known as Underdog Lady. Now marching as Shelley. |
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3:05 PM The East Village Sea Monster Marching Band. |
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3:05 PM Mermaid Bait |
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3:05 PM Sexcamaids, Sirens Of The Sex World. |
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3:06 PM Sexcamaids, Sirens Of The Sex World. |
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3:07 PM Beauty School Of Fish |
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3:08 PM Tiki Hut. |
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3:08 PM Popcorn Shrimp. |
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3:08 PM Barnum And Bail’em Greatest Show Under The Sea. |
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3:08 PM Barnum And Bail’em Greatest Show Under The Sea. |
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3:09 PM The Rude Mechanical Orchestra. |
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3:09 PM A lovely Cyclone hat. |
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3:12 PM Red Sea. |
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3:14 PM Defenders of the Galax-Sea. |
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3:18 PM I like this picture. |
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3:22 PM I Dream Of Dreamland! |
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3:27 PM Marine Antoinettes won first in Marching Groups. |
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3:29 PM Marine Antoinettes won first in Marching Groups. |
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3:32 PM Hip Hop Hula. |
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3:36 PM Mermaids For Peace. |
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3:37 PM Mermaids For Peace. |
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3:38 PM Mermaids For Peace. |
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3:39 PM Couvade Parade. |
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3:39 PM Couvade Parade. |
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3:39 PM Couvade Parade. |
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3:39 PM A bit of work went into building this sea horse. He squirts water on the crowd. This is the Couvade Parade. They won first in the Push Pull Float category. |
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3:39 PM Couvade Parade. |
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3:41 PM The sign fell down. She’s putting it back up. |
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3:47 PM There is no minimum age. |
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3:52 PM Leftmost, in pink with polka dots, is The Luvely Rae; in black is Lady Lucerne. |
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3:57 PM I got her looking at me. |
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3:58 PM Cracked Out Super Heros. |
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3:58 PM He was also in the prior year. |
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3:58 PM The Black Smokers won third in Best Sea Creature. A project of IFAM. This is the end of the parade at the start. |
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4:04 PM So I walk along the boardwalk to get to where the parade ends. |
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4:10 PM |
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4:18 PM I’m back to the parade, at its terminus. Mermaids For Peace. |
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4:19 PM |
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4:21 PM Couvade Parade’s sea horse again. It had a large reservoir of water to squirt the whole way. |
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4:21 PM Couvade Parade. |
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4:22 PM Couvade Parade. |
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4:22 PM Couvade Parade. |
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4:23 PM Tree Sweet Home. |
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4:25 PM |
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4:27 PM The Segway Pirate again, but with his coat now off. |
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4:30 PM |
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4:31 PM |
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4:36 PM |
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4:38 PM |
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4:39 PM The bearded lady. |
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4:47 PM They are announcing the prizes. |
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4:57 PM Some people are upside down in Astroland’s Top Spin ride. |
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5:03 PM |
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5:04 PM The march to the sea begins. There’s Rev. Billy. |
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5:04 PM Dick Zigum is holding the key to Coney Island. |
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5:07 PM The first season to cut the ribbon for is Autumn. |
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5:08 PM That’s Rabbi Abraham Abraham of the Coney Island Ice Breakers at the right. |
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5:09 PM The Queen cuts Winter. |
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5:14 PM We have an African chant before cutting Summer. |
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5:16 PM |
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5:18 PM The fruit is offered to the sea. |
