Rex receiving the key at City Hall, Mardi Gras day, New Orleans, La. – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Rex receiving the key at City Hall, Mardi Gras day, New Orleans, La. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Rex receiving the key at City Hall, Mardi Gras day, New Orleans, La.
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On Mardi Gras day, Rex, the King of Carnival, is received at New Orleans City Hall, where the mayor traditionally hands over the symbolic key to the city. Rex, a krewe founded in 1872, organized the city's main daytime parade and pageantry, and by the early 1900s this ceremony drew large crowds to the streets around the building. The Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm known for its views of American towns and landscapes, made this glass dry plate negative around 1906, recording a civic event that still anchors the city's Carnival season.
| Created / published | c1906. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | G 3769" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019324. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Carnival. Rites & ceremonies. Crowds. Parades & processions. City & town halls.United States--Louisiana--New Orleans. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 793 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-62761 |
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