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Basso, Hamilton - Photograph - Black-and-white photograph from a page of DIXIE Magazine
This photo of writer Hamilton Basso appeared in Dixie magazine in the 1950s. Born in New Orleans, Basso is best known for his fiction but also contributed nonfiction to New Republic, Time, and The New Yorker. ZoomifyLearn more »
Battiste, Harold - Photograph - Seated at a piano
A photograph of Harold Battiste seated at the piano, Circa 1996. Learn more »
Battle of Liberty Place - Engraving - From the Daily-Picayune, September 15, 1874
Site of the Battle of Liberty Place, where Confederate veterans, under the Democratic paramilitary White League, fought and won against the racially integrated Metropolitan Police and state militia. ZoomifyLearn more »
Battle of Liberty Place - Illustration - Black-and-white engraving depicting "Rendevous of White Leaguers" from Harper's Weekly in 1874
Captioned “Rendezvous of White Leaguers,” this illustration depicts members of the White League meeting during the Battle of Liberty Place in New Orleans. ZoomifyLearn more »
Battle of Liberty Place - Illustration - Black-and-white engraving, "White Leaguers Guarding a Levee" from Harper's Weekly in 1874
An illustration depicting a scene from the Battle of Liberty Place in New Orleans in 1874. ZoomifyLearn more »
Battle of New Orleans - Engraving with watercolor - Battle scene
A battle scene shown from behind the American line. Soldiers and buckskin-clad militiamen are depicted firing upon advancing British troops. Two black men are shown reloading muskets. General Jackson is shown in the distance with hat off, encouraging his troops. The line of fortification is inaccurately shown as a curving bulwark constructed of large cotton bales. ZoomifyLearn more »
Beauregard Keyes House - Illustration - 1866 exterior view
1866 illustration of the Beauregard House in New Orleans, Louisiana. ZoomifyLearn more »
Beauregard-Keyes House - Photograph - Exterior view by Richard Koch c.1934
Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard, and later writer Frances Parkinson Keyes, lived in Beauregard-Keyes House. Located at 1113 Chartres Street in New Orleans, the house was constructed in 1820s. The photograph was taken by preservationist Richard Koch. ZoomifyLearn more »
Behrman, Martin - Photograph - Head and shoulders portrait
A photograph of Martin Berman, the Democratic politician who served as mayor of New Orleans from 1904-1920. Learn more »
Behrman, Martin - Photograph - Inspecting drainage and street repairs in Algiers
Heralded for modernizing New Orleans' public works, Mayor Martin Behrman in 1909 inspects drainage work in Algiers. Learn more »
Behrman, Martin - Photograph - Seated at a table with others
Times-Democrat photographer John Hypolite Coquille noted that Mayor Behrman was interrupted fifteen times during this lunch captured in 1910. Learn more »
Behrman, Martin - Photograph - Seated, shaking hands
Newspaper photographer John Hypolite Coquille said of his 1910 image taken in Mayor Martin Behrman's City Hall office that, "Assessor McCue receives the 'glad hand' daily at this hour." Learn more »
Bellocq, E.J - Photograph - “Girl With Striped Stockings,” 1912
New Orleans photographer E.J. Bellocq gained posthumous fame for his portraits of in Storyville, the red-light district of New Orleans. ZoomifyLearn more »
Bellocq, E.J. - Photograph - “Storyville Portrait, Plate 14,” 1912
New Orleans photographer E.J. Bellocq took this photograph of a prostitute in Storyville around 1912. ZoomifyLearn more »
Benglis, Lynda - Sculpture - Untitled from the Pinto Series
Lake Charles-born Linda Benglis created "Untitled" as part of her "Pinto" series during the 1970s. Made of colored beeswax and wood, "Untitled" measures 36 X 5 X 1 inch. ZoomifyLearn more »
Benglis, Lynda - Sculpture - "Vulpecula"
Lynda Benglis' sculpture, "Vulpecula," was made from bronze, wire, zinc, and nickel in 1984. Vulpecula is a constellation in the northern sky, and its Latin name means "little fox." ZoomifyLearn more »
Bennett, William James - Aquatint with watercolor - New Orleans Taken from the opposite side, a short distance above the Middle or Picayune Ferry
This aquatint, "New Orleans Taken From the Opposite Side, a Short Distance Above the Middle or Picayune Ferry" was made in 1941 by watercolorist William James Bennett, publisher Henry John Megarey and draftsman Antoine Mondelli. ZoomifyLearn more »
Berman, Martin - Photograph- Seated with Alex Pujol
Mayor Martin Behrman hosts Alex Pujol, Commissioner of Police and Public Buildings, in his office at City Hall. Learn more »
