Mardi Gras Rebels -- Replete with beards and rifles a group of Mardi Gras celebrants in costume inspired by Fidel Castro's revolutionary soldiers stop to whoop it up for cameraman with costumed girls. Thousands of costumed citizens turned out this morning to celebrate and view the Rex parade climaxing Carnival season with today's Mardi Gras day merrymaking..

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Mardi Gras Rebels -- Replete with beards and rifles a group of Mardi Gras celebrants in costume inspired by Fidel Castro's revolutionary soldiers stop to whoop it up for cameraman with costumed girls. Thousands of costumed citizens turned out this morning to celebrate and view the Rex parade climaxing Carnival season with today's Mardi Gras day merrymaking..

Associated Press · [ca. February 1959]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

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