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Dancing with Baby Dolls in New Orleans Louisiana in 1942
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Dancing with Baby Dolls in New Orleans Louisiana in 1942

New Orleans, 1942: African Americans at a dance, including 2 women dressed in "Baby Doll" costumes. Original description: "Baby Doll celebration, a part of Mardi Gras in New Orleans Louisiana in 1942.": Note: Contrary to the description, this appears to be part of a series of photos taken on St. Joseph's Day, 19 March, not actually Mardi Gras/Carnival season (which in 1942 climaxed and ended on Tuesday 17 February). Baby Dolls and "Mardi Gras Indians" would come out for significant but less elaborate festivities for St. Joseph's Day after the lull for Lent.

Date
1942-03-19
Photographer / author
Unnamed WPA photographer
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
photograph
Original size
1,014 × 766 pixels

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Reason: a US government work (Works Progress Administration).

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"Dancing with Baby Dolls in New Orleans Louisiana in 1942" (1942-03-19). Unnamed WPA photographer, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dancing_with_Baby_Dolls_in_New_Orleans_Louisiana_in_1942.jpg

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