School Class Description:Two Eastern Shore teachers and their class pose for the camera. Standing at the back are teachers Lois Slosson Sundberg and Olive Woster (or Wooster). Most of the children are identified as well.Creator:Frank Stewart
Zappa, Frank Description:Frank Zappa plays live before an audience in Mobile, Alabama.Creator:Domingo Soto
Lucy, Winifred Description:Mobile, Alabama, has two Mardi Gras associations. One is the Mobile Carnival Association, which is made up of white mystic societies. The other is the Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association, made up of th…Creator:unknown
Excelsior Band Description:The Excelsior Band was founded in 1883 by John A. Pope. It has since become synonymous with Mobile, Alabama's, Mardi Gras celebration. In this photo the band is seen marching down the street during a …Creator:The Excelsior Band, Inc.
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
Mardi Gras Description:The juvenile queen of Mardi Gras for Mobile, Alabama, circa 1925.Creator:Erik Overbey
Lyons, Alleta Description:J. Roy Albright's queen the year he was crown King Felix III was Alleta Lyons (Mrs. Frank Pope). Here they pose with their entire court. The woman standing to the right is Mabel Bedsole and her knight…Creator:S. Blake McNeely
MAMGA Luncheon Description:A luncheon held by the Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association, the African American parading society of Mobile, Alabama. To the left and right of the speaker are Walter Beck LeFlore and Winfred A. Lucy, t…Creator:unknown
Bush, Curtis Description:Curtis Bush was King Felix III for Mardi Gras 1935. Here is seen leaving his yacht, which brings him every year from the Isle of Joy to the foot of the Mobile River so that he may reign over Mardi Gra…Creator:S. Blake McNeely
Turner, Horace Description:King Felix III Horace Turner Jr. He presided over Mobile's Mardi Gras festivities in 1932. In his hand he holds the key to the city, which the mayor gives to the Mardi Gras king each year.Creator:Erik Overbey
Van Antwerp, Sidney Description:The coronation of Mardi Gras king Sidney Van Antwerp and Emily Hearin Staples (Mrs. Sidney Van Antwerp) inside the cotton warehouse in Mobile, Alabama. As you can see, the events surrounding Mardi Gra…Creator:Erik Overbey
Albright, Mary Jane Description:The former Mary Jane Albright (Mrs. Percy Howard), reigns supreme over Mobile, Alabama's, Mardi Gras.Creator:unknown
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
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
Order of Myths Description:Dancing during the Order of Myths' ball in 1955. Established in 1867, the Order of Myths is among the oldest continuously-parading societies in America, and the oldest in Mobile, Alabama. Because of t…Creator:Thigpen Studio
Thalians Description:Couples promenade at the Thalians ball, circa 1950. The Thailians took their name from the ancient Greek muse of comedy. They were founded in 1937. The ball took place in Mobile, Alabama's Fort Whitin…Creator:Thigpen Studio
Spinsters Description:Founded in 1911, the Spinsters were made up of unmarried women of Mobile, Alabama, although they changed that rule later so that married ladies could remain a part of the group. Their emblem is a parr…Creator:S. Blake McNeely
Cawthon, Orville F. Description:Orville Cawthon's family were well known in the Mobile, Alabama, area. In 1905 he reigned as King Felix. He poses here with his scepter in hand.Creator:Erik Overbey
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
Santa Claus Society Description:The Santa Claus mystic society of Mobile, Alabama, was founded in 1886. The society started life as the S.C.S. society. The meaning behind the initials is believed to be secret to this day. The local …Creator:S. Blake McNeely
