File:GallierHallKOPCard.jpg

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Mardi Gras at City Hall, New Orleans, early 20th century postcard.

Original caption:
"REX" RECIEVING THE KEY AT CITY HALL, MARDI GRAS DAY, NEW ORLEANS, LA.

Scene is at Gallier Hall (old City Hall on Lafayette Square).
Letters "K O P" hang above doorway of City Hall. This probably stands for "Krewe of Proteus", an old-line Krewe which parades on "Lundi Gras", the day before Mardi Gras, strongly suggesting that that parade is the actual subject of the photo. (According to the late New Orleans historian and postcard collector Al Rose, many postcards of this era claiming to show Mardi Gras Day actually show earlier celebrations, as these were easier to photograph and there would be no problems with revelers in startling costumes in the photograph; when there are no visible costumes in the crowds, it is probably not actually Mardi Gras Day.)
Date This copy has been mailed, with a postmark of 5 February 1910. Original image probably 1906 (see [1])
Source Postcard made by Detroit Publishing Co., scanned by Infrogmation
Author None credited.
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Scan of a different copy of this card: File:Rex,_Receiving_the_Key_at_City_Hall,_Mardi_Gras_(NBY_8259).jpg

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