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Carnival edition. Pageant of Mystick Krewe of Comus. Subject: Mahomet 1910 New Orleans, February 8th

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Description: Image of a parade of twenty horse-drawn carnival floats, decorated with flowers, fruits, and oversized birds and mythical creatures, depicting fanciful scenes from the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, with each car led by a man carrying a banner with a title for the scene: "1 Comus," "2 Title," "3 The Koran," "4 The Mystic Shrine," "5 Legend of Eyla," "6 Habib the Wise," "7 Cadijah," "8 The Genii," "9 Al Borak," "10 The Garden," "11 The Cock," "12 The Tree of Heaven," "13 The Place of Adoration," "14 Solomon's Messenger" "15 The Hegira," "16 Ayesha," "17 King of Abyssina," "18 The Sorcerer," "19 Contest of the Poets," "20 Reward of the Faithful"; the verso contains four pages of the "Comus Edition" of the "Carnival Bulletin" for February 8, 1910, with advertisements and text describing each of the parade cars; the newspaper and images advertise the parade floats organized by the krewe of Comus for the 1910 Mardi Gras Carnival celebration in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Carnival edition of the Picayune 1892 procession of the mistick krewe of Comus subject Nippon the land of the rising sun

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Image of a depiction of the Mistick Krewe of Comus procession held in New Orleans, Louisiana, on March 1, 1892, published in a special carnival edition of the Picayune; twenty floats pulled by horses with Japanese-inspired themes and mythological figures are presented in four panels; newspaper columns and advertisements on verso.

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Carnival edition of the Picayune March 9th 1886 : Krewe of Proteus procession subject visions of other worlds

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Image of a parade of eighteen horse-drawn carnival floats, depicting fanciful scenes of the terrain and extraterrestrial creatures of planets and celestial objects inhabited with various sea creatures, reptiles, insects, plants, pineapples, cactuses, a horned instrument, each with a numbered caption: "No. 1 Proteus," "No. 2 The Sun," "No. 3. Mercury," "No. 4. Venus," "No. 5. The Moon," "No. 6. Mars," "No. 7. Juno," "No. 8. Vesta," "No. 9. Harmonia," "No. 10. Flora," "No. 11. A Comet," "No. 12 Iris," "No. 13. Ceres," "No. 14. Amphitrite," "No. 15. Jupiter," "No. 16. Saturn," "No. 17. Uranus," "No. 18. Neptune"; the verso contains four pages of the "Carnival Edition" of "The Daily Picayune" for March 9, 1886, with advertisements and text describing each of the parade cars; the newspaper and images advertise the parade floats organized by the krewe of Proteus for the 1886 Mardi Gras Carnival celebration in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Subject: Pinocchio, the tale of the marionette : pageant of Knights of Momus New Orleans March 2nd, 1916

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Image of a parade of seventeen horse-drawn carnival floats, decorated with flowers, depicting fanciful scenes from the story of the wooden puppet Pinocchio written by Carlo Lorenzini (or Carlo Collodi), with each car led by a man carrying a banner with a title for the scene: "1 Momus," "2 Title," "3 The Theatre of Marionettes," "4 The Tree of Gold Pieces," "5 The Fairy with the Blue Hair," "6 The Court of the Stupid-Catchers," "7 The Serpent with the Smoking Tail," "8 Pinocchio turned Watchdog," "9 Pinocchio Rides to the Moon," "10 Geppetto's Ship," "11 The Land of the Busy Bees," "12 The Grotto of the Green Fisherman," "13 The Coach of the Naughty Boys," "14 The Country of Playthings," "15 The Island of the Blue Goat," "16 Pinocchio Finds His Father," "17 Pinocchio Becomes a Boy"; with a top left vignette of the Pinocchio with a long wooden nose standing in a wooded area with crows, a goat, and a serpent; the verso contains four pages of the "Momus Edition" of the "Carnival Bulletin" for March 2, 1916, with advertisements and text describing each of the parade cars; the newspaper and images advertise the parade floats organized by the Knights of Momus krewe for the 1916 Mardi Gras Carnival celebration in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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The Picayune carnival edition February 13th New Orleans, La. procession of Proteus subject the Kalevala

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Image of a depiction of the Proteus procession held in New Orleans, Louisiana, on February 13, 1893, published in a special carnival edition of the Picayune; twenty Kalevala-themed floats pulled by horses are presented in four panels; newspaper columns and advertisements on verso.

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1893 carnival edition of the Picayune February 14th Rex New Orleans procession of Rex subject fantasies

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Image of a depiction of the Rex procession held in New Orleans, Louisiana, on February 14, 1893, published in a special carnival edition of the Picayune; nineteen fantasy-themed floats pulled by horses are presented in four panels; newspaper columns and advertisements on verso.

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Carnival edition of the Picayune New Orleans La. February 29th 1892 Proteus procession subject a dream of the vegetable kingdom

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Image of a depiction of the Proteus procession held in New Orleans, Louisiana, on February 29, 1892, published in a special carnival edition of the Picayune; eighteen floats pulled by horses showing Aurelian's Triumph and historical scenes are presented in five panels; newspaper columns and advertisements on verso.

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Carnival edition. Pageant of Mystick Krewe of Comus. Subject: Mahomet 1910 New Orleans, February 8th

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