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| Gerritsen Beach Carnival Royal Court, from the New York Times Rotogravure Picture Section for Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island dated July 11,1926. The caption reads, "Carnival Royalty: Francis Boss and Phoebe Snow as King and Queen, with Jessie Hunter as Princess and Francis Gillen as the Prince in the pageant at Gerrittsen Beach." The prince and princess (Gil Gillen's mother and uncle) would have just turned 13. (Courtesy Gil Gillen) |
