| Summary: | Color print of a "Mardi Gras" parade in Mobile, AL. Downtown street lined with people as far as you can see. Tree line on one side and multiple story building on the other side of street. Parade float passing by with "Mardi Gras" participates aboard. Postmarked Jul. 27, 1918. Divided back postcard. Printed on back: 'Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama. . . Showing the King's Float which remains the same every year. Mardi Gras originated in Mobile, the first ball being held on Shrove Tuesday in 1859. However, similar festivals on New Year's Eve date back to 1831. DS-221, Pub. By Deep South Specialties, Inc., Jackson, Miss., Color Photo By Roy Thigpen, Mirro Krome Card By H. S. Crocker Co., Inc., San Francisco, Deep South Card.'
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