Mystic Tableau

This elaborate tableau featuring members of an unidentified Mardi Gras mystic society was taken in the studio of Mobile photographer Erik Overbey in the mid-1930s.

Large group of costumed performers posed on a theatrical stage decorated with oversized flowers, grapes, and woodland scenery.
Courtesy of the Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of South Alabama
Large group of costumed performers posed on a theatrical stage decorated with oversized flowers, grapes, and woodland scenery.