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A woman dressed in a blue-tarped, house costume. The humor and spirit of Mardi Gras after…

A woman wears a costume shaped like a house with a blue tarp roof, striped siding, and a red door, walking past a building with other people nearby.

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Do You Know What it Means

A woman dressed in a blue-tarped, house costume. The humor and spirit of Mardi Gras after Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans.

This image was collected in a workshop with students from the Mount Carmel Academy in the Lakeview neighborhood of New Orleans. The Mount Carmel Academy is a private, Catholic secondary school for girls in the Archdiocese of New Orleans. It is conducted by the Sisters of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, who have educated young ladies in New Orleans since 1833.

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Item 27479

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“A woman dressed in a blue-tarped, house costume. The humor and spirit of Mardi Gras after…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/27479.

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