Wednesday, September 24, 2008

N'Awlins Mawdy Graw 1900


"Mardi Gras, New Orleans, the Red Pageant,"
circa 1900-1910. Detroit Publishing Company glass negative, Library of Congress. from shorpy.com

3 comments:

Del-V said...

In the Victorian era’s Girls Gone Wild, women would flash their bare calves for beads

Sans Pantaloons said...

The fingerprints at the top are a legacy maybe from the photographer. The Lady in the mask? is a mystery.

Sans Pantaloons said...

Of course, it is Mawdy Graw...