Miscellaneous Postcards and Photographs

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Description

This postcard features a float of a snake with people in masks and costumes in the center of the snake. People are gathered on the street and the balconies along the street. The title/location of the parade is written along the bottom edge of the card. The back of the card is blank.

Publication Date

1939

Time Period

1930-1939

Subjects

Postcards; Parades

Keywords

parades; street parades; Mardi Gras

Geographic Location

New Orleans (La.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1939_postcard-Rex-Parade-New-Orleans_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 5, New Orleans

Repository

Manuscripts

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.MSState.edu.

Pex Parade, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1939

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