Baby Dolls are thought to have emerged around 1912 in the segregated red-light district of New Orleans known as Uptown or Black Storyville. They have become as integral to the city’s African American celebration of Carnival as have Mardi Gras Indians, Skull and Bone gangs, and the annual Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club parade.
Founder-Treme Brass Band
Baby Dolls are thought to have emerged around 1912 in the segregated red-light district of New Orleans known as Uptown or Black Storyville. They have become as integral to the city’s African American celebration of Carnival as have Mardi Gras Indians, Skull and Bone gangs, and the annual Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club parade.
Founder-Treme Brass Band