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subject : Birmingham (Ala.)--Social life and customs
Mardi Gras kings, 1896 and 1897
photograph
Rex Vulcan I (King of Mardi Gras) Erwin Schillinger (left) and Rex Vulcan II B. M. Allen.
Henry Key Milner Scrapbook, Collection #426, Archives Department. (source)
Birmingham, Ala. (publisher)
c. 1897
Subjects
Mardi Gras Parade, 1897
photograph
Mardi Gras parade on First Avenue North, Birmingham.
Henry Key Milner Scrapbook, Collection #426, Archives Department. (source)
Birmingham, Ala. (publisher)
c. 1897
Subjects
Mardi Gras King and Queen, 1897
photograph
Rex Vulcan II (King of Mardi Gras) Basil Manly Allen and Queen of Mardi Gras Momie Terrell.
Hill Ferguson Papers, Historical Collection, Collection #56.6, Archives Department. (source)
Birmingham, Ala. (publisher)
1897
Subjects
Mardi Gras King and Queen, 1897
photograph
Rex Vulcan II (King of Mardi Gras) Basil Manly Allen and Queen of Mardi Gras Momie Terrell, 1897.
Hill Ferguson Papers, Collection #56.6, Archives Department. (source)
Birmingham, Ala. (publisher)
1897
Subjects
Mardi Gras king and queen, 1898
photograph
Rex Vulcan III (King of Mardi Gras) M. A. Porter and Queen of Mardi Gras Susie Martin, 1898.
Henry Key Milner Scrapbook, Collection #426, Archives Department. (source)
Birmingham, Ala. (publisher)
1898
Subjects
Mardi Gras king and queen with court, 1898
photograph
Rex Vulcan III (King of Mardi Gras) Bert Porter (third from left, standing) and Queen of Mardi Gras Susie Martin with their court.
Hill Ferguson Papers, Historical Collection, Collection # 56.6, Archives Department. (source)
Birmingham, Ala. (publisher)
1898
Subjects
Mardi Gras Ball, 1899
newspaper clipping
Newspaper illustration of Rex Ball, 1899.
Henry Key Milner Scrapbook, Collection # 426, Archives Department. (source)
Birmingham, Ala. (publisher)
1899
Subjects
Mardi Gras king and queen with court, 1900
photograph
Rex Vulcan V (King of Mardi Gras) Ed Wilcox and Queen of Mardi Gras Elizabeth Shelly (both seated on throne) with their court, 1900.
Henry Key Milner Scrapbook, Collection #426, Archives Department. (source)
Birmingham, Ala. (publisher)
1900
Subjects
Mardi Gras king and queen, 1900
photograph
Rex Vulcan V (King of Mardi Gras) Ed Wilcox and Queen of Mardi Gras Elizabeth Shelly, 1900.
Henry Key Milner Scrapbook, Collection #426, Archives Department. (source)
Birmingham, Ala. (publisher)
1900
Subjects
City Hall reporter. February 1973
newsletter
Newspaper Vertical File Collection (source)
City of Birmingham (publisher)
1973-02
Subjects
Costumed man in a Shriners' parade
photograph
Black and white photograph of a Shriners' Parade showing a man in middle-eastern costume sitting on a convertible; in the background is the “Colored Balcony” entrance of the Temple Theatre. There is an advertisement for Ronald Colman's movie, A Double Life released in 1947.
Archives Department (source)
Birmingham, Ala. (publisher)
Preston, Charles (creator)
1947
Subjects
Mardi Gras float - The Alchemist
photograph
Mardi Gras float titled "The Alchemist" with men in costume and a large skull.
Henry Key Milner Scrapbook, Collection # 426, Archives Department. (source)
Birmingham, Ala. (publisher)
Subjects
Looking back, city's first Mardi Gras
newspaper clipping
Birmingham News (publisher)
1959-02-01
Subjects
Biddle Warren Cycle Company's Mardi Gras float
photograph
Mardi Gras float of Biddle Warren Cycle Company, winner second prize among floats.
Henry Key Milner Scrapbook, Collection #426, Archives Department. (source)
Birmingham, Ala. (publisher)
c. 1897
Subjects
Mardi Gras float The Viking
photograph
One of the official floats of the Birmingham Carnival Society with men portraying Vikings.
Henry Key Milner Scrapbook, Collection #426, Archives Department. (source)
Birmingham, Ala. (publisher)
Subjects
German Mardi Gras
newspaper clipping
Photocopy of microfilm image.
Birmingham Age (publisher)
1886-03-09
Subjects
Mardi Gras spectators waiting for parade
photograph
Spectators waiting for the Mardi Gras parade at Twentieth Street and First Avenue North.
Henry Key Milner Scrapbook, Collection #426, Archives Department. (source)
Birmingham, Ala. (publisher)
1890s
Subjects
Mardi Gras Invitation
Envelope and invitation to the 1899 Birmingham carnival.
Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)
Birmingham Carnival Society (creator)
1899
Subjects
Mardi Gras invitation
invitation
Engraved invitation with image of a man and a horse in battle armor.
Henry Key Milner Scrapbook, Archives Department (source)
Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)
1900
Subjects
Mardi Gras invitation
invitation
Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)
1900
Subjects
Mardi Gras invitation
Birmingham Public Library (Alabama) (publisher)
Subjects
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