Joe Cain

Mobile native Joe Cain wears the costume of his Mardi Gras alter ego, Chief Slackabamarinico, a fictional character that he invented to serve as the parade's first grand marshal in 1886.

Joe Cain, the man who revived Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama
Courtesy of The Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Joe Cain, the man who revived Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama