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Sweet Emma Barrett

New Orleans physician and jazz enthusiast Edmund Souchon made this photograph of Sweet Emma Barrett on Mardi Gras at a New Orleans Jazz Club party in 1960. Her garters were festooned with bells that jingled as she played the piano.

Sweet Emma Barrett

Courtesy of Louisiana State Museum

Sweet Emma Barrett. Souchon, Edmond (Photographer)

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Courtesy of Louisiana State Museum
Date 1960
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