Birmingham's 19th Century Mardi Gras Celebrations

Did you know Birmingham celebrated Mardi Gras in the 19th century with parades and grand masquerade balls?

To read more about it and view photographs, newspaper clippings and documents click on the links below.

• "Birmingham's Ill-Fated Mardi Gras" Birmingham Magazine article by James L. Baggett, BPL Archivist


• "Mardi Gras came to Birmingham, shivered, vanished in Victorian era" The Birmingham News article by Walter Bryant


• Photographs, documents, and newspaper articles