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Lyons, Margaret
Description:
King Felix's consort in 1935 was Margaret Lyons (Mrs. Augustine Meaher Jr.). Here she poses with her king, Curtis Bush, and their pages.
Creator:
Erik Overbey
Date:
1935
Keywords:
Mardi Gras, royalty, women, recreation, leisure, costumes, crowns, capes, trains, gowns, revelers, children, flowers
Juvenile King and Queen
Description:
The juvenile king and queen of Mobile, Alabama's, Mardi Gras pose for the camera with their capes laid out before them. They don't exactly looked thrilled to be there. The image was taken circa 1941.
Creator:
Erik Overbey
Date:
n.d.
Keywords:
Mardi Gras, royalty, children, recreation, leisure, costumes, crowns, trains, capes, flowers
LeFlore, Walter Beck
Description:
King Elexis, the Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association's (MAMGA) king for 1975, poses with his queen Winifred Lucy and two Azalea Trail Maids.
Creator:
unknown
Date:
1975
Keywords:
Mardi Gras, Azalea Trail, Old South, Antebellum, royalty, women, recreation, leisure, gowns, revelers, African Americans, purses, headwear, hats, headgear
Order of Myths
Description:
A couple poses in front of the Order of Myths' emblem, the broken column. The young woman is Sally Tonsmeire, who led the tableaux that year, which was entitled "Pandora's Box."
Creator:
unknown
Date:
1955
Keywords:
Mardi Gras, women, recreation, leisure, costumes, gowns, revelers, masks, maskers, flowers
Albright, Mary Jane
Description:
The former Mary Jane Albright (Mrs. Percy Howard), reigns supreme over Mobile, Alabama's, Mardi Gras.
Creator:
unknown
Date:
1961
Keywords:
Mardi Gras, royalty, women, recreation, leisure, costumes, gowns, revelers, crowns, trains, capes, sashes
Albright, J. Roy
Description:
King Felix III for 1946, J. Roy Albright.
Creator:
Erik Overbey
Date:
1946
Keywords:
Mardi Gras, royalty, recreation, leisure, costumes, revelers, crowns, trains, capes
Staples, Emily Hearin
Description:
Emily Hearin Staples poses as the Mobile Carnival Association's queen of Mardi Gras in 1934. Her king that year was Dr. Sidney Van Antwerp.
Creator:
Louise Sheridan
Date:
1934
Keywords:
Mardi Gras, royalty, women, recreation, leisure, costumes, gowns, revelers, crowns, scepters, trains, capes, flowers
Thalians
Description:
Members of the Thalian mystic society pose during their tableaux. The theme that year, which is readily evident by the clock, was "Clocks."
Creator:
Thigpen Studio
Date:
1953
Keywords:
Mardi Gras, mystic societies, women, groups, recreation, leisure, masks, maskers, costumes, revelers, skits, plays, tableaux
Nereidy Society
Description:
The tableaux performed by members of the Nereidy Mardi Gras society. The group was founded in 1940 and may have named themselves after Nereid, Neptune's third largest moon.
Creator:
Thigpen Studio
Date:
1955
Keywords:
Mardi Gras, costumes, masks, maskers, skits, plays, tableaux, mystic societies, recreation, leisure, revelers, recreation, leisure
Order of Myths
Description:
The OOM's emblem is a broken column with Folly chasing Death around it. The broken column may have been meant as a symbol for the fallen Confederacy. Others claim it is a broken pillar of life. Using …
Creator:
Thigpen Studio
Date:
1955
Keywords:
Mardi Gras, costumes, columns, bladders, death, skeletons, masks, revelers, maskers, skits, plays, tableaux, mystic societies, recreation, leisure
