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    • Parade on Canal Street

    • Parade on Canal Street

    • Parades & processions; Commercial streets; Umbrellas; Spectators; Crowds

    • View of a large crowd on Canal Street in the 900 or 1000 block, looking towards the river. The event for such a large, patriotic crowd is National Preparedness Day and a parade. Buildings and spectators, many holding umbrellas are shown.
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Fritch

    • Fritch

    • Parades & processions; Ladders; Umbrellas; Spectators; Crowds

    • View made on National Preparedness Day, June 3, 1916, of a crowd waiting for the parade to begin. In mid-view by a tall streetlamp, two male photographers can be seen on a ladder. One of the men is identified as Louis T. Fritch, a commercial...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Flying Cage

    • Flying Cage

    • Birdcages; Zoos

    • View of the flight cage at Audubon Park. Completed in late 1916, the large wire-framed enclosure housed native and Louisiana-raised birds, many of which had been captured by E.A. McIlhenny in the vicinity of Avery Island. Pioneer naturalist...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Group of Maskers in Auto

    • Group of Maskers in Auto

    • Carnival; Costumes; Clothing & dress; Automobiles

    • View of a group of male revelers, all but one of whom is masked, posing in and on a convertible touring car. They are facing away from the river in the 800 block of Canal Street on Mardi Gras Day. One of the maskers, standing above the vehicle's...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Captain Boyle

    • Captain Boyle

    • Police; Parades & processions; Spectators; Horses; Umbrellas

    • View made on National Preparedness Day, June 3, 1916, of members of the New Orleans Police Department on horseback. In the center is Captain John P. Boyle facing the camera. Captain Boyle is in full uniform and on a horse. The New Orleans Public...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Broken Hammer

    • Broken Hammer

    • Carnival; Parades & processions; Spectators; Crowds

    • View of a large crowd watching a parade in the 800 block of Canal Street. Store signs can be seen in the background and include, The Specialty Store, Buffalo Dental Company, Butterick Patterns, and in the distance Kress. Not many of the...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Altar of Saint Roch's Chapel

    • Altar of Saint Roch's Chapel

    • Architecture; Catholic Churches; Chapels; Interiors; Religious articles; Altars

    • Interior view looking towards the altar built by Reverend Father Peter Leonard Theavis. It was erected by him in gratitude for the preservation of his entire congregation during the cholera and yellow fever scourge of 1867. With his own hands he...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Pickwick Club at Night

    • Pickwick Club at Night

    • Carnival; Electric lighting; Night photographs; Commercial streets

    • Taken on Mardi Gras night, this view shows the Pickwick Club, located at 1030 Canal Street in the Central Business District. The building is strung with many lights and has a rather large viewing stand out front. Buildings on either side of the...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Boston Club at Night

    • Boston Club at Night

    • Carnival; Commercial buildings; Electric lighting; Night photography

    • Taken on Mardi Gras night, this view shows the Boston Club, located at 824 Canal Street in the Central Business District. The building is strung with many lights and a large viewing stand is seen in front. The Macheca Building at 828 Canal is...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Boston Club at Night

    • Boston Club at Night

    • Carnival; Commercial buildings; Electric lighting; Night photography

    • Another view (see also; 2003.182.334) of the Boston Club, 824 Canal Street, taken on Mardi Gras, 1924, at night. The building is strung with many lights and bulbs spell the work "Comus". Ample viewing stands are seen in front of the club house and...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection

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