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Multiple Tractor Scenes — Parks, Cemeteries, Etc.

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "Multiple Tractor Scenes — Parks, Cemeteries, Etc." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Used by the Fairgrounds Race Track (New...
Photograph

Multiple Tractor Scenes — Parks, Cemeteries, Etc.

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "Multiple Tractor Scenes — Parks, Cemeteries, Etc." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Used by the Fairgrounds Race Track (New...
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 ...
Photograph

Men around Water Pump

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Description: A group of men wearing hats gathered around a water pump. Scaffolding surrounds the operation and a large pulley is visible. Text on image reads "Largest f...
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Old St. Louis Hotel Slave Block

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Description: A man and a woman stand in front of archways at the Old St. Louis Hotel Slave Block. The woman points to something overhead.
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Old Absinthe House Bar

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Description: Interior of the Old Absinthe House Bar, erected in 1806 by Pedro Front and Francisco Juncadelia. The bar features decorative marble fountains and a clock ...
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Patrick Gorman

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Description: Patrick Gorman, president of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workers union, with Hilton Hanna, of Madison, Wisconsin, also a leader in that interna...
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Ninth Ward Nines Protest

Date: 1972
Description: Three children stand holding signs along with adults. They're protesting city neglect of the Ninth Ward in New Orleans. In the background are musicians on ...
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Betsy Flood Victims

Date: 09 10 1965
Description: A New Orleans group hold signs as they rally at Mercy Seat Baptist Church for compensation for lives lost and 25,000 homes ruined during a flood. Reverend ...
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Flood Victims

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Description: A group of flood victims stand in the rain after (Hurricane) Betsy at Algers Naval Base, where conditions were inadequate for them.
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Launching S.S. Robert M. La Follette

Date: 01 10 1942
Description: S.S. Robert M. La Follette splashing into the Industrial Canal at its launch.
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Gauer and Bloch on Deck of Boat

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Description: Harold Gauer and Robert Bloch on the deck of a boat near the railing acting as if they were seasick. In the background is another ship tied up at a dock, a...
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Gauer, Bloch, and Unknown Man in Doorway

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Description: Harold Gauer, Robert Bloch, and an unidentified man holding a cigarette, stand in front of an open doorway in a weathered building. Around the entrance is ...
Photograph

SCHW Delegates Vote

Date: 11 1946
Description: Delegates to the annual convention of the Southern Conference for Human Welfare (SCHW) vote on a resolution.
Photograph

Mary McLeod Bethune

Date: 11 1946
Description: Mary McLeod Bethune (left), noted educator and civil rights leader, at the annual convention of the Southern Conference for Human Rights. The woman to her...
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Mary McLeod Bethune at Civil Rights Meeting

Date: 11 1946
Description: Mary McLeod Bethune, noted civil rights leader and educator, is introduced to the audience at the annual convention of the Southern Conference for Human Ri...
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SCHW Convention

Date: 11 1946
Description: Delegates to the annual convention of the Southern Conference for Human Welfare gather outside the convention hall.
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Pepper and Liberal Admirers

Date: 11 1946
Description: Senator Claude Pepper of Florida greets admirers at the annual convention of the Southern Conference for Human Welfare. Pepper was present to deliver the k...
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

The Old Absinthe House

Date: 09 15 1928
Description: Street scene featuring the Old Absinthe House, a famous New Orleans establishment in the city's French Quarter. The building was built in 1806 by Pedro Fro...

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