Norma Hornberger, queen of Asbury Park Carnival, surrounded by maids of honor – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Norma Hornberger, queen of Asbury Park Carnival, surrounded by maids of honor, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Norma Hornberger, queen of Asbury Park Carnival, surrounded by maids of honor
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Norma Hornberger, named as queen of the Asbury Park Carnival, stands at the center of her maids of honor in this glass negative. Asbury Park, on the New Jersey shore, drew large summer crowds in the early twentieth century, and resort carnivals often used a queen and her court to attract attention and press coverage. The Bain News Service, a New York photo agency, made pictures like this for newspapers and magazines, so the image was likely meant as a publicity photograph. The title comes from caption cards and has not been independently verified, so the exact date of the event is uncertain.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,810 × 4,285 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-3296 |
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