Pioneers of Gay Carnival: A Conversation with the Legends

Image highlights from the Louisiana State Museums Carnival Collection

Poster designed by Michael Murphy for Mystic Krewe of

Celestial Knights Perfumes ball, 1978. (1995.010.054)

Poster designed by Lewis S. Jamie Greenleaf III for the

Krewe of Petronius, 1969. (1995.010.101)

Superman costume sketch by Bruce Orgeron for the

Lords of Leather Superheroes ball, 2008. (2009.089.59)

Costume sketch by Jimmy Keyes for Mystic Krewe of

Satyricon, 2005. (2015.027.6)

Pioneers of Gay Carnival: A Conversation with the Legends

Image highlights from the Louisiana State Museums Carnival Collection

Krewe of Yuga ball invitation designed by Stewart Gahn,

1962. (2014.005.58)

Above: Bill Woolley as Turandot, fourth Queen of the

Krewe of Petronius, 1965.
Right: Dragonfly masker, Krewe of Ganymede Creepy
Crawlers ball, 1970. (1995.071.20)

Wendell Stipelcovich, first Captain of the Krewe of Armeinius,

1969. (2015.046.1)