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KREWE OF PROTEUS / PICAYUNE. 1891.

28 1/8x42 inches. T. Fitzwilliam and Co., New Orleans.
Condition B+: a newspaper pull-out with printed text on verso; restoration along vertical folds; minor losses, tears and creases at edges; tape on verso. Paper.
A special pull-out poster from the February 10, 1891 edition of the New Orleans newspaper The Daily Picayune, celebrating the Proteus parade whose theme was the "tales of the genii". An impressive four-tiered image of the 19 extravagant floats in the parade, depicted in green, red, yellow, blue and orange.

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