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"Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama...Showing the King's Float which remains the same every year. Mardi Gras originated in Mobile, the first ball being held on Shrove Tuesday in 1859. However, similar festivals on New Year's Eve date back to 1831." View of parade. Side 1.
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  • Item: 172
  • Description: "Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama...Showing the King's Float which remains the same every year. Mardi Gras originated in Mobile, the first ball being held on Shrove Tuesday in 1859. However, similar festivals on New Year's Eve date back to 1831." View of parade. Side 1.
  • Creator(s): Thigpen, Roy M.
  • Date: 1955
  • City/State: Mobile, Alabama
  • County: Mobile County
  • Call Number: PI/2008.0001
  • Filename: 120969-photo-1.tif