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Francis gave people copies of the photographs he took. Years later, Mardi Gras Indian costumes were among the gifts he received in return. According to the Backstreet Cultural Museum, he saw sharing pictures as a service to a culture he cared about, not as a way to build a collection. Those gifts, along with other artifacts and memorabilia, helped form the museum.
The museum says its collection covers New Orleans African American masking and processional traditions, including Mardi Gras Indians, Baby Dolls, Skull and Bone gangs, and jazz funerals. It also produces an annual book, Keeping Jazz Funerals Alive, that documents the year’s jazz funerals. What began with giving someone their picture became a way for objects from these traditions to reach the museum. What prompted people to give Francis their costumes?
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