In 2005, the Black Men of Labor requested that this medium-format negative be enlarged to eight feet by twelve feet as a display print to adorn their clubhouse for their annual second line parade. (You can see where it was hung between the two sets of balloons in the photograph itself.)

It was the first time a photograph had ever been used in this manner by a parading benevolent society in New Orleans.

While that parade was canceled due to Hurricane Katrina, the print was finally installed for its intended purpose for their 2006 parade and has since been displayed in various galleries and most recently at The Historic New Orleans Collection.

This poster commemorates that collaboration and 33% of all proceeds from poster sales go to support the Black Men of Labor’s Young Traditional Brass Band Program!