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Postcard

La Pharmacie Francaise Museum

Date: 1960
Description: Reproduction of the apothecary shop owned by Louis Dufilho, the first licensed pharmacist in the United States. Louisiana pioneered in regulating the profe...
Photograph

Slave from New Orleans

Date: 
Description: A carte-de-visite of a slave sitting with three children. The text at the bottom read: "Learning is Wealth. Wilson, Charley, Rebecca, & Rosa. Slaves from N...
Photograph

Striking Sugar Workers

Date: 1955
Description: Striking members of the United Packinghouse Workers employed by the Colonial Sugar Company in New Orleans, Louisiana, distribute literature to passers-by u...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Front Page of El Misisipi

Date: 10 12 1808
Description: Front page (page 1) of the newspaper El Misisipi. Earliest Spanish-language periodical published in the United States.
Photograph

George W. Honey

Date: 
Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of George W. Honey, F & S, 4th Wisconsin Cavalry, standing, wearing clergy dress and holding a bible.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Front Page of El Misisipi

Date: 10 12 1808
Description: Front page (page 1) of the newspaper El Misisipi. Earliest Spanish-language periodical published in the United States.
Poster

Americans! Eyes Open! Mouths Shut!

Date: 1917
Description: Recruitment poster for the U.S. Marines. Poster text reads: "Americans! Eyes Open! Mouths Shut! Help win the war by obeying these rules. Do not repeat any ...

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