Proteus 1922

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Proteus 1922 had a rose theme. Proteus 1922 Krewe of Proteus chose "The Romance of the Rose" for their theme in 1922. Thanks to the Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, for maintaining the krewe's archives. Those archives include design sketches of their floats throughout the years. This post features three floats from that parade, "The Painted Wall," "Love Conquers All," and "Sir Mirth's Garden." Proteus first paraded in 1882. They took a hiatus from 1993 to 2004, because of the controversial "Mardi Gras Ordinance" of 1993. Proteus returned to the streets in 2004. The krewe quarantined in...