Mardi Gras 1921 Fancy Dress

Prize-winning couple dressed in fowl grit bags for Napier Mardi Gras competition, 1921

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Description

Photo caption –

“1st. PRIZE
NAPIER
MARDI GRAS
1921”

Text on bags –

“OYSTER SHELL
FOWL GRIT”

Sign on truck –

“PARKER’S
ALWAYS IN
THE LEAD”

Alexander Lavery (1863-1940) took photos of Hawke’s Bay from the early 1900s to 1940

Subjects

Tags

Location

Napier

Format of the original

Glass plate negative

Date published

1921

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Accession number

655952

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