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May 5, 2012 12:52 am PDT
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Bizarre Mardi Gras floats of yesteryear
IO9's Cyriaque Lamar has dug through the Tulane University Louisiana Research Collection of Mardi Gras costume and float designs and uncovered an utterly bizarre float entered in 1873 by the Mistick Krewe of Comus, who set out to lampoon both Charles Darwin and the Reconstruction. They dressed up as their idea of the "missing link" [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/aQVTwcjq3Eo/bizarre-mardi-gras-floats-of-y.html
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