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Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans, 1935. King of Zulu in his Royal Float.

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"The Zulu King debarks on the morning of Mardi Gras in his tug boat at the head of the New Basin Canal in New Orleans, Louisiana. Written on back of photo: "The New Orleans Mardi Gras. The Zulu King Strikes a Comic Note. His African Majesty debarks on the morning of Mardi Gras in dusky splendor from his tug-barge at the head of the New Basin Canal and proceeds in his coconut-draped chariot to accept the homages of darky-town. The Zulu King is one of the more recent sideline innovations to Mardi Gras... but the comic and thousands of visitors alike. His 1936 arrival is scheduled for February 25."
Note: Webpage description dates this to Mardi Gras 1936, but the caption describing the 1936 parade as a future event together with other photos in the series strongly suggests this is actually from 1935.
Date 1935-02, Mardi Gras Morning. See note in description regarding date.
Source WPA photo via [1]
Author Unnamed WPA photographer
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This image is a work of a Works Progress Administration employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain (17 U.S.C. §§ 101 and 105).

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