Parade Opens Carnival Week-The king of the Krewe of Babylon waves to carnival spectators at New Orleans as he passed in front of the reviewing stand during the parade with which Babylon, one of the older carnival organizations ushered in the 1952 carnival week merriment, which will be climaxed with Mardi Gras Day, the day before the beginning of Lent.

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Parade Opens Carnival Week-The king of the Krewe of Babylon waves to carnival spectators at New Orleans as he passed in front of the reviewing stand during the parade with which Babylon, one of the older carnival organizations ushered in the 1952 carnival week merriment, which will be climaxed with Mardi Gras Day, the day before the beginning of Lent.

Associated Press · [ca. February 1952]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

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