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Description: | A milkman stands on top of his horse-drawn cart full of large milk cans on a street. |
Date: | 1888 |
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Description: | Ticket for the quarterly twenty dollar drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery Company. |
Date: | 08 16 1955 |
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Description: | Elevated view of scabs hired by the Colonial Sugar Company of New Orleans gathering around a diner. United Packinghouse Workers Local 1124 was then on stri... |
Date: | 1948 |
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Description: | Two members of United Packinghouse Workers Local 1124 in New Orleans on strike against the Colonial Sugar Company. They graphically symbolize the UPWA's d... |
Date: | 10 12 1808 |
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Description: | Front page (page 1) of the newspaper El Misisipi. Earliest Spanish-language periodical published in the United States. |
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Description: | An African American family standing on the porch of their home, behind a wooden picket fence. |
Date: | 11 1946 |
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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... |
Date: | 11 1946 |
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Description: | Delegates to the annual convention of the Southern Conference for Human Welfare gather outside the convention hall. |
Date: | 11 1946 |
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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... |
Date: | 11 1946 |
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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... |
Date: | 11 1946 |
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Description: | Delegates to the annual convention of the Southern Conference for Human Welfare (SCHW) vote on a resolution. |
Date: | 11 1946 |
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Description: | Aubrey Williams (seated at right), who would become president of the Southern Conference Education Fund (SCEF) at the annual convention of the Southern Con... |
Date: | 01 10 1942 |
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Description: | S.S. Robert M. La Follette splashing into the Industrial Canal at its launch. |
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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... |
Date: | 1972 |
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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 ... |
Date: | 09 10 1965 |
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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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Description: | A view of the Old Louisiana State Capitol building from the front lawn. The castle has crenelated battlements and a decorative stone post on the lawn in t... |
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Description: | Elevated view looking down Canal Street, featuring cars, pedestrians, trolleys, and a variety of storefronts. |
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Description: | View of cattle being driven down a street. Caption reads: "Street Scene, Covington, LA." |
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Description: | A couple walking down a wooded lakeside path. The caption reads: "Lovers' Lane, Covington, LA." |
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