Getting Ready for the Mardi Gras Floats for New Orleans' annual Mardi Gras are made months in advance of the dozen or so carnival parades and run into thousands of dollars, depending on the size and amount of work required. Here is one of the huge floats being readied for street parade.

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Title:
Getting Ready for the Mardi Gras Floats for New Orleans' annual Mardi Gras are made months in advance of the dozen or so carnival parades and run into thousands of dollars, depending on the size and amount of work required. Here is one of the huge floats being readied for street parade.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Mardi-Gras
Photographer:
Wide World Photos, Inc.
Name on Item:
Wide World
Date:
[ca. December 1952]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Festivals
Carnival
Shrove Tuesday
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 183 x 230 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/r207xz718
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001468_0039
Barcode:
39999088103716