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FOOTAGE
number
BOF779438
Title
A Mardi Gras float, New Orleans, 1949
Date
1949 (C20th)
Description
Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Catholic festival to celebrate the beginning of Lent.
Photo credit
Bridgeman Images
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