Knights of Momus
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The Knights of Momus was founded in 1872 and was the second-oldest parading Old Line Krewe in New Orleans Carnival after the Mistick Krewe of Comus and is the third oldest krewe to continuously presen
Momus Invitation Scrapbook 1873
New Orleans Mardi Gras, 1907. Illustration showing King's float for Momus parade.
Rapp the Gnome King 1878
The Prisoner of Chillion 1902
Krewe of Proteus
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The Krewe of Proteus is a New Orleans Carnival Krewe founded in 1882, the oldest continuously parading Old Line Krewe.
Knights of Momus
…ordinance required these, and other, private social groups to desegregate. Momus was one of three historic krewes (with the Mistick Krewe of 1857 and KoP of 1882) that withdrew from parading rather than comply. Two federal courts later declared that the ordinance was an unconstitutional infringement on…
KREWE OF PROTEUS 2005
Antoine's the Proteus Dining Room
Elves of Dance 1890
Assuri 1885