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Kids tap dancing in the French Quarter in 1976
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Another eBay slide, which I love. Taken in 1976, it’s something that still happens today; kids (particularly poor black kids) attach metallic caps to the bottoms of their shoes and tap dance on the cobblestones.
Here the local kids seem to be teaching the tourists to dance along with them in front of St. Louis Cathedral.
Everything in bloom!
Posted by: | CommentsYesterday we went back to Jean Lafitte Park, this time with the wonderful Jane, who’d never been. We are in the middle of a really rainy patch, and I’ve never quite seen the park like it was yesterday.
The water was everywhere- right up to the path, while usually, until you get to the main waterway, you only catch glimpses of the water here and there. And growing in it- everywhere- were flowers. Things were in bloom a few weeks ago, but nothing like this- it was fantastic.
Stretching back as far as the eye could see were fields of wild mallow, a form of hibiscus. Its pale pink against the dark greens was gorgeous, so now I know- even if it’s continuing to be overcast and nasty, a trip out to Jean Lafitte Park isn’t ever really out of the question.
Anthropomorphizing as all getout, but…
Posted by: | CommentsTell me this cloud doesn’t look like another angel floating over the Italian Benevolent Society Tomb in St. Louis No 1?
1964 Drag Queen
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Or, possibly this isn’t an actual, general-purpose drag queen, but just drag for Mardi Gras day.
This came from a big lot of slides from 1964 and thereabouts that did include some Carnival photos, so, even back then, anything goes on Mardi Gras day.
