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Rooftop rescue costumes, Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras Day), French Quarter/New Orleans, March…

Mardi Gras paraders wear costumes resembling house rooftops with blue fringe "floodwater," some holding "RESCUE ME" signs, marching down a French Quarter street lined with balconied buildings.

Collection

Katrina

Rooftop rescue costumes, Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras Day), French Quarter/New Orleans, March 2006

Original title

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mardi gras

Citation

“Rooftop rescue costumes, Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras Day), French Quarter/New Orleans, March…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2624.