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Hives on Shed Roof in Flood

Date: 
Description: Hives on top of a shed in a flood. From Mr. J.D. Shields, Natchez, Mississippi. A part of his Louisiana apiary placed on a shed to prevent their being swep...
Photograph

Apiary on Shed Roof and Levy in Flood

Date: 
Description: View across water of beehives on top of a shed in a flood. Writing on photograph: "From Mr. J.D. Shields, Natchez, Mississippi. A picture of part of his Lo...
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...
Map or Atlas

Plan of New Orleans the Capital of Louisiana: With the Disposition of its Quarters and Canals as they have been Traced by Mr. de la Tour in the Year 1720

Date: 1759
Description: Map of New Orleans at the start of the French & Indian War, including two inset maps entitled "The Course of the Mississipi River from Bayagoulas to the Se...
Map or Atlas

Grondvlakte van Nieuw Orleans, de Hoofdstad van Louisiana. De Uitloop van de Rivier Missisippi. De Oostelyke Ingang van de Missisippi, Met een Plan van het Fort, 't Welk het Kanaal Beheerscht

Date: 1769
Description: Map of New Orleans at the start of the French & Indian War, including two inset maps of the Mississippi River Delta and Fort la Balise. It shows streets, r...
Map or Atlas

Plan of New Orleans the Capital of Louisiana

Date: 1761
Description: Map of New Orleans with north oriented towards the upper right corner. It shows the land around the city, the Mississippi River, anchorages, roads leading ...
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 ...
Photograph

UD-18A — Irrigation

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "UD-18A — Irrigation." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Delta Securities Co., Inc., Raceland, La. Used with Worthin...
Photograph

UD-18A — Irrigation

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "UD-18A — Irrigation." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Delta Securities Co., Inc., Raceland, La. Used with Worthin...
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...
Photograph

U-9 — Oil Field Pumping

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "U-9 — Oil Field Pumping." Where Taken: "SE." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Koch & Ellis, Balter Bldg., New Orleans, La. Used with ...
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...
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...
Photograph

Inter. Super A — Mowing

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "Inter. Super A — Mowing." Where Taken: "SE." Information with photograph reads: "Photo shows first International Super A tractor and AI-23 highwa...
Photograph

Inter. Super A — Mowing

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "Inter. Super A — Mowing." Where Taken: "SE." Information with photograph reads: "Photo shows first International Super A tractor and AI-23 highwa...
Photograph

Night at Pat O'Brien's

Date: 04 19 1950
Description: Six well-dressed patrons are posing sitting around a wooden table at Pat O'Brien's Bar in New Orleans. They are identified as, left to right: Walter A. and...
Photograph

U-4 — Oil Field Preparation

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "U-4 — Oil Field Preparation." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by the Danciger Drilling & Refining Co., Baton Rouge, ...

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