The massiveness of the Mardi Gras crowd on Canal Street is quite apparent in this photograph. Allison took several other shots (not included in this exhibit) at this location; they show more mature military units instead the youngsters—cadets, perhaps—pictured here. All of the photographs show the original Godchaux’s department store at Canal and Chartres Streets; this one also shows the May’s Drug Store on the opposite corner. The former structure was long ago demolished; its site is now occupied by the New Orleans Marriott Hotel. The May’s building still stands, but it has been many years since the old drug store operated therein.

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