The festivities of the Carnival Season permeate every segment of New Orleans society. Everyone joins in the merrymaking leading up to Mardi Gras. Pictured below are several scenes of miniature monarchs and royal courts from some of the city’s schools of yesteryear. Just imagine the planning and preparation the teachers, parents, and students put into presenting the array of balls, dances, and pageants.
Joseph A. Craig School Carnival Parade – February 1932
Eldridge Duvigneaud (Queen) and Harold G. Duvigneaud (Page), children of Mr. and Mrs. Louis G. A. Duvigneaud.
Thomy Lafon School Carnival Ball – February 18, 1936
Top Row, left to right: Fannie Willie, Yvonne Smith, Marsleat Hutchinson, Gladys Jones, Gloria Graham, Marguerite Simpson.
Bottom Row, left to right: Augustine Dimes, Delores Taylor, Evelyn Joseph, (Queen), Cecelia Alexander, Inez Foe.
McDonogh No. 37 School Carnival Dance – February 1936
Daisy Ruth Jones (Queen) and Ned Kennedy (King)
Albert Wicker Junior High School – February 1936
Carnival Court from the Hi-Y and Girl Reserve Organization
Emercity Darby (Queen), Paul Martin (King); Pages – June Jackson, Delia Shackelford, Edmonia Theriot.
Valena C. Jones School Carnival – February 1936
Annette Rose Montegut (Queen) and Theodore Kohoe (King)
McDonogh No. 6 Carnival Ball – February 1936
Theme: “Neptune: God of the Sea”
Left to right: Raoul Maurice and Willie Frinkle (Pages); Ella Dejoie (Queen), Oscar Foster (King), Wilbert Simms and Lemuel Clanton (Pages)
Albert Wicker Junior High School – February 1939
Carnival Court from the Hi-Y and Girl Reserve Organization
Center: Yvonne Johnson (Queen) and Paul Saizon (King), Gwendolyn Romain (Page)
Maids: Evangeline Khaton, Bernice Dede, Selina Gray, Louise Harvey, Lynn Gray, Dora Tuney.
Dukes: Robert Smith, Curtis DeMouy, Roland DeLarge, Wilfred Dennis, Walter Williams, Severin Goods
Gilbert Academy- February 1938
Front row, from left to right: Frances Anderson, Lucinda Lester, Alease Fortier, Ellsworth Frank (King), Catherine Marie Brown (Queen), Pearlie Wilson, Gertrude Bryan, Yvonne Mason.
Second row, left to right: Vernon Gilbert, Oliver Spellman, Nolan Hamilton, Emile Dyson, Victor Decoudreaux, Robert Decoy.
Sources: The Louisiana Weekly, 13 February 1932, 7 March 1936 page 3, 12 March 1938 page 2, 04 March 1939 page 2.
Lolita V. Cherrie
CreoleGen, many thanks for this article! I always hoped I would see a post relating to my family and I am so happy to see a picture of my beautiful beloved grandmother Masleat Elizabeth Hutchison (Thomy Lafon School Carnival Ball) as a child. I am always searching for anyone that may have known my family that lived in the New Orleans area.
Masleat’s parents are Charles Hutchison and Amelia Hutchison (Cade is Amelia’s maiden name). My grandmother Masleat was married to Irvin Blandin, he was the son of Albert Blandin and Alice Blandin (Carlon is Alice’s maiden name).
Many thanks!!
Bonjour Mrs. Taylor! If you haven’t seen it, we have a brief post on Blandin Funeral Parlor: http://www.creolegen.org/2012/06/23/the-blandin-leblanc-funeral-parlor. We also have a post on Eve Blandin’s wedding to Charles DeLay.
Thank you Jari for your response and the articles on the Blandin Funeral Parlor and wedding! I really enjoyed reading them!
Thank you!