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Digital Carnival Collection in Choice Reviews Online

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LaRC's digital Carnival Collection was given a highly favorable review in the August 2012 issue of Choice Reviews Online.   D. M. Braquet, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, writes that the resource is "highly recommended, all users."   49-6769   Humanities \ Performing Arts \ General The Carnival Collection .  Internet Resource. Reviewed in 2012aug CHOICE.  http://larc.tulane.edu/exhibits/carnival [Visited May'12] The Louisiana Research Collection (LaRC) at Tulane University preserves one of the most spectacular collections of New Orleans carnival-related materials and has now made a good portion accessible to the world.  The Carnival Collection  boasts more than 5,000 digital images of the original watercolor float and costume designs from artists of the golden age of carnival in New Orleans, which spanned the years from the late 1800s to the early 20th century. Designers represented include Jennie Wilde, B. A. Wikstrom, and Charles Bri...