Mardi Gras King and Queen

Mobile Register editor Erwin Craighead opposed Prohibition because it would be detrimental to Mobile's Mardi Gras celebrations. He also joined with city leaders against attempts to ban Sunday baseball, vaudeville, and movies.

Mardi Gras king and queen at a Mobile, Alabama celebration
Courtesy of the University of South Alabama Archives, Erik Overbey Collection
Mardi Gras king and queen at a Mobile, Alabama celebration