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As the title implies, this page offers a little something extra. Right now, the Mask is bringing you five photos from long-ago Mobile Mardi Gras. The photos were graciously provided by The Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library at the University of South Alabama:
ABOVE: King Felix's float sits at the United Fruit Company's waterfront warehouse on Fat Tuesday, circa 1935. In those days, the king often arrived for the day's festivities via boat. Note the mules pulling the float and the blankets marked "Felix" covering the mules. (S. Blake McNeely Collection)
ABOVE: In this photograph from 1935, the emblem float for the Knights of Revelry rolls down St. Joseph Street. Even though it was more than 75 years ago, the float is recognizable to anyone who has recently seen the KOR parade on Fat Tuesday. (S. Blake McNeely Collection)
ABOVE: Undoubtedly posed for the occasion, masker Cecil Miller lies in a doorway, apparently having imbibed too much Mardi Gras fun. Many modern-day revelers can appreciate the sentiment here. (S. Blake McNeely Collection)
ABOVE: An Order of Myths float rolls down St. Joseph Street, circa 1935. Note the streamers flying off of the float, which is no longer allowed in Mardi Gras parades. (S. Blake McNeely Collection)
ABOVE: Vernadean, the dragon, has been in featured in the Mystics of Time parade ever since the first one in 1949. Here she is, just one year later than that. Note in the foreground the two men carrying flambeaux to light the night parade. (History Museum of Mobile Collection)
ABOVE: King Felix's float sits at the United Fruit Company's waterfront warehouse on Fat Tuesday, circa 1935. In those days, the king often arrived for the day's festivities via boat. Note the mules pulling the float and the blankets marked "Felix" covering the mules. (S. Blake McNeely Collection)
ABOVE: In this photograph from 1935, the emblem float for the Knights of Revelry rolls down St. Joseph Street. Even though it was more than 75 years ago, the float is recognizable to anyone who has recently seen the KOR parade on Fat Tuesday. (S. Blake McNeely Collection)
ABOVE: Undoubtedly posed for the occasion, masker Cecil Miller lies in a doorway, apparently having imbibed too much Mardi Gras fun. Many modern-day revelers can appreciate the sentiment here. (S. Blake McNeely Collection)
ABOVE: An Order of Myths float rolls down St. Joseph Street, circa 1935. Note the streamers flying off of the float, which is no longer allowed in Mardi Gras parades. (S. Blake McNeely Collection)
ABOVE: Vernadean, the dragon, has been in featured in the Mystics of Time parade ever since the first one in 1949. Here she is, just one year later than that. Note in the foreground the two men carrying flambeaux to light the night parade. (History Museum of Mobile Collection)