Mistick Krewe of Comus "Missing Links" Parade costume designs, 1873.

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Mistick Krewe of Comus "Missing Links" Parade costume designs, 1873.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/558588031

This collection is the complete set of costume design drawings for the 1873 Comus Mardi Gras Parade in New Orleans, La. The original artwork is a part of the Carnival Collection, Manuscripts Collection 900.

101 drawings

Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7712582

Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library

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Briton, Charles.

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This was an important event in New Orleans' Mardi Gras history, becoming one of the first major parades to use satire and political commentary. In 1873, Comus had no floats, but the members paraded in costumes made of papier-mache, based on the drawings in this collection. A Swedish lithographer, Charles Briton, made the designs, and Georgie Soulie helped construct them in New Orleans (in years past, costumes were made in Paris). According to various histories of the krewe, during this parade Co...

Mistick Krewe of Comus (Organization)

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Mardi Gras social organization. From the description of Mistick Krewe of Comus invitation, 1956. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 238374210 ...