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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: | A group of men, women and children in a field. Caption reads: "Picking peppers for Green Heart Tabasco Sauce, New Iberia, LA." |
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... |
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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: | A view from across the dirt path of Louisiana Baptist Orphanage, constructed in 1903. A fence surrounds the building which has tall windows. |
Date: | 04 1913 |
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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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Description: | Elevated view of girls playing tennis on the lawn at the State Normal School. |
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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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Description: | Men and women cutting sugar cane by hand in a field. Caption reads: "Cutting Sugar Cane, Morgan City, LA." |
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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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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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Description: | View from across the water of Bogue Falaya Landing and Boat House. Published by C.C. Champagne & Co. |
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Description: | View down a street lined with parked cars and small businesses. |
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Description: | Sculpture of a man near a wooden deck and barrels. Caption reads: "Old Black Joe." |
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