Photo 1: Storyville, New Orleans, around 1905. Photo: E.J. Bellocq
Photo 2: Mardi Gras procession of the Mistick Krewe of Comus, featuring epicurean floats, March 6, 1867.
Photo: Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 24, no. 601 (1867 Apr. 6), p. 41 via Library of Congress