Front:
MULE-DRAWN FLOAT
IN ONE OF MOBILE'S
RECENT MARDI GRAS
NIGHT PARADES,
МOBILE,
ALABAMA 38
Mardi Gras
legend of the Mardi Gras
that originated in Europe
is a later outgrowth here
of Mobile's first mystic
society which is known as
the famous old "Cowbel-
lian de Rakins." This or-
ganization held its first
celebration on New Year's
Eve in 1831.
eventful eve
carried cowbells and rakes
noisely through the city
streets; and thus was born
its name.
On that
young men
Some of the
original Cowbellians
ceeded in 1842 to visit
New Orleans en masse to
suc-
first Mardi
present
Gras ball of that city.
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Published by Carter News Agency, Mobile, Ala.--Chamber of Commerce Photo
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