A note card featuring Charles Briton’s pageant design for the Twelfth Night Revelers.
The second-oldest Carnival organization paraded in 1871 under the theme “Mother Goose’s Tea Party,” an event that marked the introduction of the first Mardi Gras throws.
- 5 × 7 in.
- Twelfth Night Revelers pageant design, 1871; ink and watercolor on bristol board by Charles Briton
- The Historic New Orleans Collection, 1975.117.9
A note card featuring Charles Briton’s pageant design for the Twelfth Night Revelers.
The second-oldest Carnival organization paraded in 1871 under the theme “Mother Goose’s Tea Party,” an event that marked the introduction of the first Mardi Gras throws.
- 5 × 7 in.
- Twelfth Night Revelers pageant design, 1871; ink and watercolor on bristol board by Charles Briton
- The Historic New Orleans Collection, 1975.117.9