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All Saint's Day - Photograph - by Lee Russell
A photograph by FSA Photographer Lee Russell depicting a family in New Roads, Louisiana, praying in a cemetery on All Saints Day. Learn more »
Allegheny County Court House - Illustration - 1888 rendering by Henry Hobson Richardson
Louisiana native Henry Hobson Richardson designed the Allegheny County Court House in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ZoomifyLearn more »
Alsberg, Henry G. - Photograph - Director of the Federal Writer's Project in 1955
Henry G. Alsberg, director of the Federal Writers' Project, in 1938. ZoomifyLearn more »
Anderson, Sherwood - Photograph - Portrait by Carl Van Vechten.
Writer Sherwood Anderson lived and worked in New Orleans' French Quarter during the 1920s. Learn more »
Angola Landing, State Penitentiary farm - Photograph - Aerial view
A photograph depicting a docked ship and prison laborers at Angola, Circa 1900-1910. ZoomifyLearn more »
Audubon, John James - Photograph - Head and shoulders portait
A photograph of naturalist John James Audubon. In 1821, Audubon came to New Orleans, hoping to finance his work on “The Birds of America” with portrait commissions. ZoomifyLearn more »
Banks, General Nathaniel P. - Photograph - General Nathaniel P. Banks
This stereograph showing General Nathaniel Prentiss Banks was taken as part of the series: The War for the Union, a Photographic War History between 1861–1865. In this image Banks sits for a head and shoulders portrait, facing left. ZoomifyLearn more »
Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss - Photograph - Full-length portrait in military uniform c.1861
Major General Nathaniel Banks replaced the unpopular Gen. Benjamin "Beast" Butler as commander of the Union's troops in New Orleans. He also led the Red River campaign in 1864. The image was taken in the studio of famed Civil War photographer Matthew B. Brady. ZoomifyLearn more »
Battle of Baton Rouge - Illustration - “The Battle of Baton Rouge, La. Aug. 4th 1862”
The Battle of Baton Rouge was a ground and naval battle in the Civil War fought in East Baton Rouge Parish. The Union victory halted Confederate attempts to recapture Baton Rouge, Louisiana's capitol city. ZoomifyLearn more »
Battle of New Orleans - Lithograph - by Kurz & Allison circa 1890
A lithograph of the Battle of New Orleans by Kurz & Allison, c.1890. The Battle of New Orleans was the final major battle of the War of 1812. Learn 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 »
Blues - Photograph - Wilson "Stavin' Chain" Jones
Wilson "Stavin' Chain" Jones sings the ballad "Batson," in Lafayette in 1934. The blues musician from Louisianna was active throughout the first few decades of the twentieth century and was immortalized in such songs as "The Stavin' Chain Blues" and "Winin' Boy Blues." ZoomifyLearn more »
Bragg, Braxton - Photograph - Portrait of the General in military uniform
General Braxton Bragg served as a military adviser to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. After the war, he served as the superintendent of the New Orleans waterworks. ZoomifyLearn more »
Breckinridge, John C. - Illustration - by Currier & Ives
Kentuckian John C. Breckinridge ran against Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 presidential election. During the Civil War, he served as an officer in the Confederate army and led the troops that seized Port Hudson. ZoomifyLearn more »
Bridges, Ruby - Photograph - Portrait
A 1960 photograph of Ruby Bridges, age 6. ZoomifyLearn more »
Butler, Benjamin - Illustration - “The Cradle of Liberty in Danger” Harper's editorial cartoon
An editorial cartoon from Harper's Weekly portrays General Benjamin Butler as a monstrous genie frightening an infant, in a cradle labeled “Common Wealth of Mass.” ZoomifyLearn more »
Butler, Benjamin - Illustration - Entitled " General Butler holding the mob in check at New Orleans"
In early 1862, Benjamin Butler was appointed commander of the Union troops occupying New Orleans. He ruled the territory with an iron hand, invoking the hatred of Southerners and earning the nickname “Beast Butler.” ZoomifyLearn more »
Butler, Benjamin - Photograph - Seated portrait
General Benjamin Butler oversaw the Union's occupation of New Orleans in 1862. He later served as the thirty-third governor of Massachusetts. Learn more »
Butler, Benjamin - Photograph - Seated portrait
This photograph of Benjamin Butler was taken when he was a senator from Massachusetts. ZoomifyLearn more »
