Girl Scout Mariners leave for a week's cruise from City Island. Fourteen Girl Scout Mariners board a Yankee schooner for a week's cruise. The schooner underway. A Girl Scout Mariner at the steering wheel aboard Yankee.
Steeplechase Park's 25th annual Modern Venus Contest (bathing beauty parade) at Coney Island, New York. One Hundred and twenty five girls compete in Steeplechase Park's 25th annual Modern Venus Contest Girls in bikini parade by a pool. Male judge uses a measuring tape to measure the bust size and waist size of a female contestant. Nineteen year old brunette Elissa Winston wins the competition. Elissa Winston poses with the trophy.
Elderly women participate in a beauty contest for grandmothers at Steeplechase Park (1739 Riegelmann Boardwalk, Brooklyn, NY 11224, United States) in Coney Island, New York. Old women in black Maillot-style swimsuits parade by the pool side. A midget clown interrupts the swimsuit portion of the pageant by dancing with a grandmother contestant. Mrs. Matilda Gebhard presented the winner's trophy. Mrs. Gebhard smiles as she holds her trophy and other grandmothers cheer for her.
A film about means of transportation from ancient times to the modern in the United States. An electric railroad train moves along a heavily electrified track in Long Island, New York. The train pulls up at a station. Passengers gathered at the station.
Spectators during the Harness Race event at the Roosevelt Raceway in Long Island, New York. Race starts. Messenger Pacing Stakes racing. Crowd cheers. Horse Henry T. Adios takes a lead among eight other horses. Henry T. Adios wins the race. Yankee Express is in second place. Tarport Jimmy wins third place and Lang Hanover in fourth. Adios Don makes a comeback and wins fifth place.
Contestants in swim wears walk on ramp during "Miss Modern Venus" contest at Steeplechase Park in Coney Island, New York. Breasts of contestants are measured by judging men using tape measure. (A short clown tries to reach up and measure one tall contestant.) Bust sizes of several women being measured with tape measure. Winner Grayce Reilly poses after winning the contest. Winner's crown placed on her head.
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