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Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy

Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy

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Date from other Mardi Gras images in same group.
Mardi Gras began in Mobile, Alabama in 1703 when it was a colony of French soldiers. Colorful beads and Moon Pies (two large cookies with marshmellow in between and covered with various flavors of chocolate) are thrown from the floats.
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Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Gift; George F. Landegger; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:090).
Forms part of: George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

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01/01/2010
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Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
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C'est Lavie Mobile Home Park30.29916, -87.53333
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