LSU alumna Mackenzie Roberts Beasley has helped uncover a piece of Louisiana history: Long-lost Mardi Gras footage of the 1898 Rex parade. A family friend of Beasley, who’s also the historian for Rex, asked her for help finding any Mardi Gras Rex parade footage. An audiovisual archivist working for the Smithsonian Archives of American Art,
LSU alumna discovers rare footage of 1898 Rex parade
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