Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
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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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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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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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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