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WKAB Jamboree
Description:
Crowds attending the anniversary celebration for WKAB Radio in Mobile, Alabama.
Creator:
Thigpen Studio
Date:
1950
Keywords:
radio stations; anniversaries; celebrations; jamborees; women; automobiles; cars; trucks; tents; Philco; bicycles; bikes; crowds
Thalians
Description:
The Thalians were founded in 1937. Here members of the women's mystic society pose in their costumes. The theme for the ball that year was "The Sugar Plum Tree and the Fairy Queen."
Creator:
Thigpen Studio
Date:
1950
Keywords:
Mardi Gras, mystic societies, women, groups, recreation, leisure, masks, maskers, costumes, revelers, skits, plays, tableaux
Follies
Description:
The Follies, a women's mystic society, was founded in 1920 and threw its first ball in 1921. Their emblem is a small female folly. This masked reveler posed for the camera in 1950.
Creator:
Thigpen Studio
Date:
1950
Keywords:
maskers, revelers, balls, masks, costumes, women, Mardi Gras, mystic societies, recreation, leisure
