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Alvin Donner and Sidney Tingstrom dressed for the Mardi Gras Grela Parade on the westbank,…

Two men pose on a suburban sidewalk in elaborate satin Mardi Gras costumes and crowned headpieces, one in pale blue, the other in orange and pink, for the 1972 Grela Parade.

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Do You Know What it Means

Alvin Donner and Sidney Tingstrom dressed for the Mardi Gras Grela Parade on the westbank, 1972.

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.

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Item 26784

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“Alvin Donner and Sidney Tingstrom dressed for the Mardi Gras Grela Parade on the westbank,…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26784.

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