Mistick Krewe of Comus
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The Mistick Krewe of Comus, founded in 1856, is the oldest extant New Orleans, Louisiana Carnival Krewe, the longest to continually parade with few interruptions from 1856 to 1991, and continues to ho
Mystick Krewe of Comus's initial invitation for members
Bernard de Marigny de Mandeville
Grand Tableau of the Mistick Krewe - Harpers - New Orleans Mardi Gras 1873
Female Eye 1869
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
Mistick Krewe of Comus
…religion, gender, disability, or sexual orientation, in order to obtain parade permits and other public licensure. The Comus organization (along with Momus and other 19th-century Krewes) withdrew from parading rather than racially integrating. Proteus is now the oldest continuous old line Krewe due to…
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