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Mardi Gras Festival Parade, Venice, California

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Description
Image of a Mardi Gras Festival parade along the Windward Avenue colonnades at Venice in Los Angeles, California. Signs along the parade route read "Undercover Doctor" and "They all come out" on a movie marquee, "Plaza," "The Horseshoe," "Chop Suey Cafe," "California Theatre," and "Mardi Gras Festival." A float in the parade reads "the cornerstone of Elkdom is patriotism, fidelity, [charity?]," with a girl, young women, and an Elks member wearing a fez.
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Date
1939
Call number
photCL_555_01_1806
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