Joe Cain's Merry Widows

Joe Cain's "Merry Widows" stand around his grave in historic Church Street Graveyard as part of the annual Mardi Gras celebrations in Mobile. Cain (1832-1904) is credited with reviving the city's festivities after the Civil War

Four women wearing black gowns and veils stand at a grave, with spectators in the background.
Courtesy of the Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of South Alabama
Four women wearing black gowns and veils stand at a grave, with spectators in the background.