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Mardi Gras crowd on Bourbon Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1971. This image is from the…

Vintage photo of elaborately costumed Mardi Gras revelers in feathered hats and gowns walking along a Bourbon Street sidewalk, with onlookers and buildings in the background, New Orleans, 1971.

Collection

Do You Know What it Means

Mardi Gras crowd on Bourbon Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1971.

This image is from the archive of Ron Chapman, Professor of History at Nunez Community College. Nunez Community College is located in Chalmette, in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. In 2005 it was heavily damaged by flooding due to Hurricane Katrina.

Original title

Item 26241

Citation

“Mardi Gras crowd on Bourbon Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1971. This image is from the…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26241.

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