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Carnival edition of the Picayune New Orleans La. February 29th 1892 Proteus procession subject a dream of the vegetable kingdom

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Title: Carnival edition of the Picayune New Orleans La. February 29th 1892 Proteus procession subject a dream of the vegetable kingdom
Creator: T. Fitzwilliams & Co., printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1892
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of a depiction of the Proteus procession held in New Orleans, Louisiana, on February 29, 1892, published in a special carnival edition of the Picayune; eighteen floats pulled by horses showing Aurelian's Triumph and historical scenes are presented in five panels; newspaper columns and advertisements on verso.
"T. Fitzwilliam & Co. Lithographers & Stationers. 62 Camp St., New Orleans."--text, top left of image.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 71.44 x 107 cm (28 1/8 x 42 1/8 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_004739
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/5547
Language: English
Subject: Carnivals--Pictorial works
Horses--Pictorial works
Mardi Gras--Pictorial works
Parades--Pictorial works
Vegetables--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
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