Lot 699
[Mardi Gras], an important society scrapbook compiled by Emma Mumford of Baltimore, Maryland, 1875-1878, containing the Rex 1875 Invitation and Lady's Admit Card, "Persian and Egyptian", with inscription noting the ball being postponed until 1876 due to tensions related to Reconstruction; Rex Invitation, 1877, "Military Progress of the World"; Rex Invitation, 1878, "The God Modernized"; Invitation, Envelope and Admit Card to Foreigners' Ball, February 19, 1878; Invitation and Admit Card to Grand Military, Mask and Fancy Dress Ball given by Continental Guards, February 22, 1877; two Admit Cards to the Reception to the Officers of the Army and Navy by the Citizens of New Orleans, May 24, 1877; Invitation by the Officers of Jackson Barracks, May 11, 1877; and music concert programs, botanical specimens, and newspaper clippings, all mounted in a gilt-tooled purple leather scrapbook. ?
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