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A Mardi Gras float being pulled by mules during the parade, New Orleans. This image is…

Black-and-white photo of a Mardi Gras float with large decorative figures moving down a street in New Orleans, flanked by crowds of onlookers and multi-story buildings.

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Do You Know What it Means

A Mardi Gras float being pulled by mules during the parade, New Orleans.

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 26862

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“A Mardi Gras float being pulled by mules during the parade, New Orleans. This image is…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26862.

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