Modern Venus of 1947, Coney Island Print
$69.00 at Brooklyn Museum.
Fine art print
Please allow up to three weeks for delivery. Item is made on-demand. Unknown, Modern Venus of 1947, Coney Island, 1947. In this photograph, Chris Holley, winner of the twenty-seventh annual Modern Venus beauty contest, waves to the crowds from the Parachute Jump, a ride that debuted at the 1939 New York World’s Fair before being moved to Steeplechase Park in 1941. Based on a design patented by a retired Naval commander to train paratroopers, the Parachute Jump was a symbol of war that became a popular…