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<p>[QUOTE="antidiem, post: 437143, member: 30"]Sorry Hardy was not of more help to point you to a source for reference. </p><p><br /></p><p>After learning the size of it, and if it is, indeed, fiberglass, which the back appears to be, I believe it to be a truck float panel from a Mardi Gras Parade in 1971 (or 1972 at the latest). It may have hung briefly in a restaurant. I believe it was stored in somebody's personal home, not in a restaurant because there is no evidence that I can see of restaurant grease and grime. ..And eventually wound up in a storage shed at some point after Katrina. I don't really think this went through Katrina damages - If you can smell NO MILDEW / MOLD (and you still would lol) - give it a hearty sniff test, esp on the fabric parts (if any) and check for grease / nicotine / grime. You would see dark mold coming off on a rag when you wipe the back... </p><p><br /></p><p>I've had fun looking at this quirky thang! Thanks for calling my attention to it, Bakers <3 much appreciated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="antidiem, post: 437143, member: 30"]Sorry Hardy was not of more help to point you to a source for reference. After learning the size of it, and if it is, indeed, fiberglass, which the back appears to be, I believe it to be a truck float panel from a Mardi Gras Parade in 1971 (or 1972 at the latest). It may have hung briefly in a restaurant. I believe it was stored in somebody's personal home, not in a restaurant because there is no evidence that I can see of restaurant grease and grime. ..And eventually wound up in a storage shed at some point after Katrina. I don't really think this went through Katrina damages - If you can smell NO MILDEW / MOLD (and you still would lol) - give it a hearty sniff test, esp on the fabric parts (if any) and check for grease / nicotine / grime. You would see dark mold coming off on a rag when you wipe the back... I've had fun looking at this quirky thang! Thanks for calling my attention to it, Bakers <3 much appreciated.[/QUOTE]
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