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| Description: | View of a crane being used to load sugar cane. Several men are visible nearby. Caption reads: "Loading Sugar Cane, Lafayette, LA." |
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| Description: | A group of agricultural laborers cutting sugar cane by hand. In the foreground, a young man sits on a pile of harvested sugar cane, chewing on cane sugar. ... |
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| Description: | Avery Island is home to the oldest salt mine in North America. A view of men working in the mines is shown. Caption reads: "Drilling Salt - Avery's Salt M... |
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| Description: | A group of men loading salt at Avery's salt mine, the oldest salt mine in North America. Caption reads: "Loading Salt - Avery's Salt Mine, New Iberia, LA." |
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| Description: | A group of men, women and children in a field. Caption reads: "Picking peppers for Green Heart Tabasco Sauce, New Iberia, LA." |
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| Description: | A team of eight oxen pulling a wagon filled with logs. One man is standing by the side of the oxen, while three other men wearing large hats and an African... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | A view of oil wells in Louisiana. On October 7, 1901, oil gushed to a height of seventy-five or eighty feet, continuing for seven hours. Caption reads: "Gu... |
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| Description: | On October 7, 1901 in Jennings Oil Field, oil gushed to a height of seventy-five or eighty feet, continuing for seven hours. Caption reads: "Gusher, Jennin... |
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| Description: | A section of the Jennings oil field. Jennings was the location of the first oil well and oil field in the state of Louisiana. Caption reads: "A Section of ... |
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| Description: | A view of a crane unloading sugar cane onto boxcars on a track at the Sugar House. Several men and two horses pulling a wagon are on the right. |
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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... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Baldwin Lumber Company, which sits next to a river. The main building consists of two long, rectangular structures that sit perpendicula... |
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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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| Description: | View looking down hill toward the sawmill and logs floating in the pond. Company outbuildings are on the left, with a smokestack and silo. A water tower is... |
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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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| Description: | A view from across the dirt path of Louisiana Baptist Orphanage, constructed in 1903. A fence surrounds the building which has tall windows. |
| Date: | 1854 |
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| Description: | An illustration of a nun/nurse carrying a pitcher in the sick ward of Charity Hospital. Patients lay in rows of beds along the walls. |
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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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| Description: | A view of various machines arranged within the experimental mechanical laboratory at Louisiana State University. Caption reads: "Experimental Mechanical La... |
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