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1:34 PM I’ve just gotten off the subway. |
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1:45 PM Inside the new staging area on W 21st St. |
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1:46 PM |
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1:47 PM Brooklyn’s Other Museum of Brooklyn wants to save Admirals Row in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It is now slated to be torn down for a supermarket. |
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1:48 PM Brooklyn Bumblebee. |
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1:48 PM |
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1:49 PM This street is where the entrance is to the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey circus. This is their first summer in Coney Island. |
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1:53 PM As you can see it was rather crowded this year. The street was narrower and people were bunched up at one end. |
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2:09 PM Out on the parade route this monster truck ran the route backwards. This is a Ford promotional vehicle for their Monsters On Mainstreet contest. |
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2:14 PM Someone is walking away from the starting line. |
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2:14 PM The parade starts. I’ve positioned myself at W. 16th St. |
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2:15 PM Dick Zigun leads the parade. He owns the Coney Island Side Show and is the "mayor" of Coney Island. |
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2:15 PM The fellow on the left makes all the parades, including the West Indian one and all the gay pride ones. |
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2:16 PM |
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2:16 PM Note the clown nose she is wearing. The circus was passing these out by the bucket full. |
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2:16 PM |
| 17 |
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2:16 PM |
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2:16 PM Pink Inc. creates tension fabric structures. They come every year with new costumes. See last year. |
| 19 |
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2:17 PM Pink Inc. again. |
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2:17 PM The Roller Coaster. |
| 21 |
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2:17 PM |
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2:18 PM |
| 23 |
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2:18 PM |
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2:18 PM |
| 25 |
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2:19 PM |
26 |
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2:19 PM |
| 27 |
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2:20 PM Blubbering Orthocone. Winner of First Place in Push Pull Float. |
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2:20 PM Blubbering Orthocone. Winner of First Place in Push Pull Float. |
| 29 |
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2:20 PM |
30 |
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2:20 PM |
| 31 |
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2:21 PM |
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2:21 PM Suzanne Muldowney, better known as Underdog Lady. |
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2:22 PM Pyrate Brotherhood. |
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2:22 PM Brooklyn’s Other Museum of Brooklyn wants to save Admirals Row in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It is now slated to be torn down for a supermarket. |
| 35 |
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2:22 PM The Rude Mechanical Orchestra. |
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2:23 PM The Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey circus entered the parade this year. |
| 37 |
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2:24 PM I guess these instruments don’t take well to water. |
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2:24 PM Marty Markowitz is the Brooklyn Borough President. He loves to attend Brooklyn events. |
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2:25 PM The NY Aquarium entered a float this year. |
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2:26 PM Coney Island, We Melt With You. |
| 41 |
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2:26 PM Coney Island, We Melt With You. Throwing beads to the crowds is growing in popularity. Of course this is a take off from the New Orleans Mardi Gras. |
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2:27 PM Mystical Children. Winner of Third Place in Music Group. |
| 43 |
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2:28 PM "Devil With A Blue Dress." He can blow fire out the exhausts. |
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2:28 PM Hot Rod Good Human I Scream truck. Winner of Third Place in Motorized Float |
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2:28 PM Evans Georgopolous’s 1931 Ford Model A Super Deluxe Roadster. |
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2:28 PM A 1938 Packard. |
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2:29 PM It started as a Chevrolet. |
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2:31 PM |
| 49 |
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2:31 PM Krewe of Ottos, or The Octopus. |
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2:31 PM ??’s Sushi. |
| 51 |
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2:32 PM |
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2:32 PM |
| 53 |
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2:32 PM |
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2:32 PM |
| 55 |
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2:33 PM |
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2:34 PM |
| 57 |
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2:34 PM Mesmeralda the Mesmerizing Mermaid!!! Winner of Second Place in Best Mermaid. |
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2:35 PM The Arctic Frosty Polar Mermaids. |
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2:35 PM The Arctic Frosty Polar Mermaids. |
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2:35 PM The Arctic Frosty Polar Mermaids. |
| 61 |
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2:35 PM The Arctic Frosty Polar Mermaids. |
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2:36 PM |
| 63 |
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2:36 PM |
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2:36 PM The East Village Sea Monster Marching Band. |
| 65 |
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2:37 PM |
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2:38 PM |
| 67 |
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2:38 PM Sea Section. |
68 |
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2:39 PM Sea Section. |
| 69 |
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2:39 PM |
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2:39 PM Zoltar Speaks. Winner of First Prize in Motorized Float. |
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2:39 PM |
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2:39 PM |
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2:39 PM Mermaids III. |
74 |
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2:40 PM |
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2:43 PM Out of work super models. |
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2:43 PM Out of work super models. |
| 77 |
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2:44 PM |
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2:44 PM |
| 79 |
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2:45 PM |
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2:45 PM |
| 81 |
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2:46 PM |
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2:46 PM |
| 83 |
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2:47 PM |
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2:48 PM |
| 85 |
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2:49 PM The The Brooklyn Brewery is a float regular. |
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2:49 PM A cute old motor home. [who made?] |
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2:49 PM The couple was ranting about Somalia. |
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2:50 PM The Somalia crowd again. |
| 89 |
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2:50 PM The Somalia crowd again. |
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2:50 PM The Liberty Sunset Garden Center. |
| 91 |
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2:53 PM |
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2:56 PM |
| 93 |
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2:57 PM |
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2:57 PM |
| 95 |
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2:57 PM The Brooklyn Bombshell Review. Winner of First Place in Judges Choice. |
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2:57 PM The Brooklyn Bombshells? |
| 97 |
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2:57 PM |
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2:58 PM |
| 99 |
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2:58 PM He’s a regular. See him last year. |
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2:58 PM The Uptown String Band came from Hulmeville, PA. |
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2:58 PM King Neptune Mr. Harvey Keitel and his Queen Mermaid Daphna. |
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2:58 PM The King and Queen again. |
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2:59 PM |
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2:59 PM That’s a pole dancing bicycle, but no one is dancing on the pole. |
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2:59 PM |
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2:59 PM Reverend Billy |
| 107 |
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2:59 PM |
108 |
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3:00 PM |
| 109 |
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3:00 PM |
110 |
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3:00 PM |
| 111 |
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3:02 PM |
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3:04 PM That’s Rabbi Abraham Abraham of the Coney Island Ice Breakers in the pedicab. Pedalling is Bob Stewart. |
| 113 |
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3:05 PM |
114 |
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3:05 PM |
| 115 |
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3:05 PM |
116 |
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3:05 PM Dancing Stormtrooper (in a thong). Winner of Second Place in Neptune group. |
| 117 |
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3:05 PM |
118 |
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3:05 PM |
| 119 |
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3:06 PM |
120 |
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3:06 PM |
| 121 |
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3:06 PM Sexcamaids, Sirens Of The Sex World. A regular parade entry. Winner of First Place in Marching Group. |
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3:06 PM A Sexcamaid. |
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3:07 PM Sexcamaids, Sirens Of The Sex World. A regular parade entry. Winner of First Place in Marching Group. |
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3:07 PM |
| 125 |
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3:07 PM |
126 |
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3:09 PM |
| 127 |
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3:09 PM |
128 |
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3:09 PM |
| 129 |
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3:09 PM They are stingrays. |
130 |
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3:10 PM They are stingrays. |
| 131 |
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3:12 PM |
132 |
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3:12 PM |
| 133 |
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3:13 PM |
134 |
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3:13 PM |
| 135 |
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3:13 PM |
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3:13 PM Splashdance. Winner of Third Place in Marching Group. |
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3:14 PM |
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3:14 PM MC Hammerhead Sharks. |
| 139 |
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3:16 PM T.M.L.M. - T.B.G.B. |
140 |
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3:17 PM |
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3:19 PM The Rocky Horror Fisher Show. |
142 |
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3:19 PM |
| 143 |
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3:19 PM |
144 |
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3:20 PM The Brooklyn Cyclones. |
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3:20 PM The Brooklyn Cyclones. |
146 |
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3:20 PM The Brooklyn Cyclones. |
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3:20 PM The Brooklyn Cyclones. |
148 |
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3:21 PM |
| 149 |
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3:21 PM The East River Bottom Dwellers. |
150 |
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3:21 PM The East River Bottom Dwellers. |
| 151 |
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3:22 PM |
152 |
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3:23 PM Gotham Girls Roller Derby. |
| 153 |
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3:23 PM Gotham Girls Roller Derby. |
154 |
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3:23 PM |
| 155 |
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3:23 PM |
156 |
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3:23 PM |
| 157 |
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3:23 PM Brooklyn Bumblebee. |
158 |
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3:24 PM Roller Derby Warriors. |
| 159 |
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3:25 PM Roller Derby Warriors. |
160 |
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3:25 PM |
| 161 |
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3:25 PM Mermaid Enigma. Winner of Third Place in Push Pull Float. |
162 |
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3:25 PM |
| 163 |
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3:26 PM Coney Island Dancers. This ended the parade. |
164 |
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3:36 PM I walked over to the boardwalk where the parade’s finish line now is. |
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3:38 PM The finish line. |
166 |
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3:40 PM The Uptown String Band leads the King and Queen. |
| 167 |
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3:42 PM King Neptune and Queen Mermaid. |
168 |
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3:43 PM |
| 169 |
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3:43 PM |
170 |
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3:45 PM |
| 171 |
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3:45 PM |
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3:46 PM Him again. |
| 173 |
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3:47 PM |
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3:48 PM |
| 175 |
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3:50 PM |
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3:51 PM |
| 177 |
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3:52 PM Sexcamaids, Sirens Of The Sex World. Winner of First Place in Marching Group. |
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3:52 PM Sexcamaids, Sirens Of The Sex World. Winner of First Place in Marching Group. |
| 179 |
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3:52 PM Sexcamaids, Sirens Of The Sex World. Winner of First Place in Marching Group. |
180 |
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3:53 PM Sexcamaids, Sirens Of The Sex World. Winner of First Place in Marching Group. |
| 181 |
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3:55 PM |
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4:00 PM |
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4:01 PM |
184 |
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4:01 PM |
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4:03 PM Looking down at the sea there is a crowd gathering. |
186 |
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4:05 PM The Rude Mechanical Orchestra. |
| 187 |
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4:05 PM |
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4:10 PM Looking back at the boardwalk. |
| 189 |
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4:18 PM |
190 |
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4:19 PM |
| 191 |
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4:20 PM |
192 |
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4:21 PM |
| 193 |
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4:21 PM |
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4:30 PM Zoltar Speaks again. Winner of First Prize in Motorized Float. |
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4:30 PM The awards are just finishing up. Dick Zigum is holding up the key. After this they cut ribbons for each season and make an offering to the sea. I did not stick around for it this year. (I was getting cold.) |
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4:33 PM The world famous Cyclone roller coaster. |
