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Mardi Gras Parade, New Orleans, Louisiana (LOC)

Highsmith, Carol M.,, 1946-, photographer.

 

Mardi Gras Parade, New Orleans, Louisiana

 

2011 March 8.

 

1 photograph : digital, TIFF file, color.

 

Notes:

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer.

Mardi Gras is organized by Carnival krewes. Krewe float riders toss throws to the crowds; the most common are strings of plastic colorful beads, doubloons, decorated plastic throw cups and small inexpensive toys.

Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

 

Subjects:

Mardi Gras.--America.

United States--Louisiana--New Orleans.

 

Format: Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

More information about the Highsmith Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.highsm

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.11700

 

Call Number: LC-DIG-highsm- 11700

 

 

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Taken sometime in 2011