You just graduated from college and got your first adult apartment. What do you do? Moms and thrift stores to the rescue. (Photo by Chris Granger, NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune)
Yes, that is an alligator being pulled in a cage. That was Mardi Gras 1974 on Canal Street, and you thought things got crazy today. Canal Street is the newest star in our series of vintage photo essays.
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