Mardi Gras
Joseph Stillwell Cain, a local city clerk, revived Mardi Gras in Mobile after the Civil War, for which Mobilians annually celebrate his memory by dedicating the Sunday before Fat Tuesday as Joe Cain Day. Here the Excelsior Band, itself a Mardi Gras staple, plays in the background as this unknown man...
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University of South Alabama Archives, McCall Library
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/usa01/id/26 |
| Summary: | Joseph Stillwell Cain, a local city clerk, revived Mardi Gras in Mobile after the Civil War, for which Mobilians annually celebrate his memory by dedicating the Sunday before Fat Tuesday as Joe Cain Day. Here the Excelsior Band, itself a Mardi Gras staple, plays in the background as this unknown man dances on Cain's grave in the Church Street Cemetery. |
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