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Loading Sugar Cane

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Description: A view of men and women loading sugar cane onto the carrier conveying it into the sugar house. Caption reads: "Loading Sugar Cane Onto Carrier Conveying It...
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Barellis Concrete Works

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Description: Workers stand in a wooded area around blocks of concrete from Barellis Concrete Works. Caption reads: "Barellis Concrete Works, Covington, LA."
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Drugstore Interior

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Description: Interior view of a drug store with staff standing behind the counter and customers seated at tables. Goods are on display and the store features overhead f...
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Religious Scene

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Description: View of a religious scene, painted on a church wall. The painting features a man and woman kneeling near Mary and Jesus. Behind them, a long procession con...
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Men Shaking Hands over Contract

Date: 04 1913
Description: Professor Perry Holden and Governor Luther Egbert Hall shake hands over a contract to grow 100,000,000 bushels of corn in Louisiana in 1913. A group of men...
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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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Cutting Sugar Cane

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Description: Men and women cutting sugar cane by hand in a field. Caption reads: "Cutting Sugar Cane, Morgan City, LA."
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Nicholas and Royal Streets

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Description: View down Nicholas and Royal Streets. Men stand on the sidewalk near a cafe and lunch room.
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Royal Street Scene

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Description: View down sidewalk on left side of Royal Street featuring two men near a market on the right. An iron fence is on the left side of the street.
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Street Scene

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Description: View down a street lined with parked cars and small businesses.
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Sculpture of "Old Black Joe"

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Description: Sculpture of a man near a wooden deck and barrels. Caption reads: "Old Black Joe."
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Chalmette Laundry Truck

Date: 09 22 1938
Description: A man loads boxes and packages into the back of an International D-2 truck owned by the Chalmette Laundry division of the Crescent City Laundries, Incorpor...
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Railroad Car Ferry

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Description: View of railroad cars being ferried across the river.
Print

Repulse of the Highlanders

Date: 1985
Description: Painting depicting the Battle of New Orleans, fought on 8 January 1815. In the upper corner of the painting Major General Andrew Jackson is shown at the to...
Photograph

IH 3400 Commercial Bus at Hotel de la Monnaie

Date: 1995
Description: View towards an International model 3400 Commercial Bus parked in front of the Hotel de la Monnaie. The bus is white with red and blue stripes, with the "I...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

African American Men Going To Vote

Date: 1963
Description: Nathaniel Smith and Ernest Morgan enter the St. Francisville courthouse to vote. Three white men are sitting on a porch railing outside of the courthouse.
Photograph

International Harvester 123-SP combine for rice harvesting

Date: 10 1943
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man in overalls and a hat harvesting rice in Oberlin, Louisiana with a self propelled combine. Unharvested crops are in the bac...
Map or Atlas

A New Map of the River Mississipi: From the Sea to Bayagoulas

Date: 1761
Description: Map covering southern Louisiana from Lake Ponchetrain to the Golf of Mexico and from Woods Bay in the west to the islands just east of Bay St. Louis. It sh...
Photograph

U-9 — Material Handling

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "U-9 — Material Handling." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by The California Co., New Orleans, La. Used with a derric...

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