Bunk Johnson
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Willie Gary "Bunk" Johnson was an American prominent jazz trumpeter from New Orleans.
Johnson in 1946
The Superior Orchestra, 1910
Krewe
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A krewe is a social organization that stages parades and balls for the Carnival season. The term is best known for its association with Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans, but is also used in othe
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…leaving the city to tour with minstrel shows and circus bands. After he failed to appear for a New Orleans Mardi Gras parade job in 1915, he learned that krewe members intended to do him bodily harm. So he left town, touring with shows and then by the early 1920s settling in New Iberia, Louisiana. While living…
An invitation to the Krewe of Proteus ball, New Orleans, 1896
A "Spanish Krewe" float at Springtime Tallahassee