Image of a parade of seventeen horse-drawn carnival floats, decorated with flowers, depicting fanciful scenes from the story of the wooden puppet Pinocchio written by Carlo Lorenzini (or Carlo Collodi), with each car led by a man carrying a banner with a title for the scene: "1 Momus," "2 Title," "3 The Theatre of Marionettes," "4 The Tree of Gold Pieces," "5 The Fairy with the Blue Hair," "6 The Court of the Stupid-Catchers," "7 The Serpent with the Smoking Tail," "8 Pinocchio turned Watchdog," "9 Pinocchio Rides to the Moon," "10 Geppetto's Ship," "11 The Land of the Busy Bees," "12 The Grotto of the Green Fisherman," "13 The Coach of the Naughty Boys," "14 The Country of Playthings," "15 The Island of the Blue Goat," "16 Pinocchio Finds His Father," "17 Pinocchio Becomes a Boy"; with a top left vignette of the Pinocchio with a long wooden nose standing in a wooded area with crows, a goat, and a serpent; the verso contains four pages of the "Momus Edition" of the "Carnival Bulletin" for March 2, 1916, with advertisements and text describing each of the parade cars; the newspaper and images advertise the parade floats organized by the Knights of Momus krewe for the 1916 Mardi Gras Carnival celebration in New Orleans, Louisiana. Date based on item title. "Lithographed & Published by / Walle & Co., Ltd, / New Orleans, LA."--text, upper left of image. "Momus Edition. / Carnival Bulletin / Published by Walle & Co., Ltd., New Orleans. / Price 10 cents. [space] New Orelans, LA., March 2nd, 1916."--text, newspaper masthead on print verso.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 70.64 x 107 cm (27 13/16 x 42 1/8 in.)
Carnival--Pictorial works Carnival--Louisiana--New Orleans Parades--Pictorial works Pinocchio (Fictitious character)--Pictorial works Knights of Momus Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (gmgpc) Carnival posters. (local)
Place
New Orleans (La.)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Entertainment Large Size Balls and Carnivals The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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