Mardi Gras Party Invitation 1900

A party invitation with a dragon image, the emblem of the Krewe of Proteus, a Mardi Gras mystic society founded in Mobile in 1882.

Costumed performers wearing cone-shaped headdresses and masks stand on a stage around a central figure in an elaborate gown and headdress.
Courtesy of the Birmingham Public Library Archives

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Mobile's Mardi Gras

Mobile's Mardi Gras

Costumed performers wearing cone-shaped headdresses and masks stand on a stage around a central figure in an elaborate gown and headdress.

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