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Albrizio, Conrad - Painting - Detail of fresco in the Union Passenger Terminal, New Orleans

Noted Louisiana muralist Conrad Albrizio (1894–1973) designed the murals in New Orleans's Union Passenger Terminal to depict the history of Louisiana. Divided into four chronological panels, the works represented four ages of Louisiana: exploration, colonization, struggle, and modernity. View »

Albrizio, Conrad - Photograph - Black-and-white photo of the artist with a sketch for a mosaic

In addition to the many murals Conrad Albrizio painted through the WPA, he was commissioned by Governor Huey P. Long to paint the murals in the Louisiana state capitol. He taught art at LSU from 1935 until his retirement in 1954. Zoomify View »

America Septentrionalis - Map - c.1653 map of North America by Dutch cartographer Jan Jansson

Dutch cartographer Jan Jansson drew this map of North America in 1653. Zoomify View »

Audubon, John James - Watercolor engraving - "Barred Owl", 1821

John James Audubon completed this image of a male Barred owl in 1821. In his notes, Audubon indicated that this type of owl seemed to be particularly abundant in Louisiana. Zoomify View »

Audubon, John James - Watercolor engraving - "Carolina Parrot", 1820.

“Carolina Parrot” was one of 435 hand-colored engravings that John James Audubon included in “The Birds of America.” This scene was based on field observations made in Louisiana, reportedly near Bayou Sarah. Zoomify View »

Audubon, John James - Watercolor engraving - "Swallow tailed Hawk", 1829.

John James Audubon's life-size image of a swallow-tailed hawk, completed in 1829, was included in his monumental study, “The Birds of America.” Zoomify View »

Carte de l'isle de Saint Domingue dressee en 1722 pour l'usage du Roy sur les memoires de Mr. Frezier, ingenieur de S. M. et autres, assujetis aux observations astronomiques par G. de l'Isle - Map - Historical

Guillaume De Lisle created this map of Santo Domingo in 1722. Meticulously prepared and detailed, the map indicates the island's French and Spanish “Quartiers,” as well as the surrounding islands, shoals, and reefs. Zoomify View »

Carte de la Louisiane et du cours de Mississipi dressée sur un grand nombre de mémoires entrautres sur ceux de Mr. le Maire, par Guillme. de Lisle - Map - c.1718 map of French Colonial Louisian by cartographer G

This 1718 French map of North America, drawn by cartographer Guillaume De Lisle, shows the routes of several early explorers. It includes De Soto's 1539 and 1540 expeditions, as well as La Salle's fatal 1687 journey. Zoomify View »

Carte reduite des costes de la Louisiane et de la Floride - Map - Color map of the Gulf Coast, c.1764 by Jacques Nicolas Bellin.

French cartographer Jacques Nicolas Bellin drew this map of the Gulf Coast region in 1764. Zoomify View »

Chopin, Kate - Book Cover - Color reproduction of the cover of "Bayou Folk" c.1894

Complete 1894 first edition of Bayou Folk by Kate Chopin. This copy includes a manuscript poem and her signature on the front fly leaves. Zoomify View »

Chopin, Kate - Ephemera - 1884 Inscription in the book, "Bayou Folk"

The inscription from a copy of Chopin's second book, Bayou Folk. She has written and signed a version of her poem “White Oaks,” substituting the phrase “live oaks” for “white oaks. The poem reads, “Of all the places on earth I know/ I'd rather stay where the live oaks grow/ From dawn till night, the whole day long/They sing their musical, mystical song/Of rest, rest for the time is flying/Dream, dream for the day is dying!/Oh! That tomorrow were far away/And all forever a long today/When the world stands still and the soft winds blow/In the beautiful land where the live oaks grow!” Zoomify View »

Sidonie de la Houssaye's funeral notice, 19 February, 1894

de la Houssaye, Sidonie - Ephemera - Funeral notice dated 1894 Feb. 19

Funeral notice for Louisiana author Sidonie de la Houssaye. She died in 1894. Zoomify View »

de la Houssaye, Sidonie - Ephemera - School Opening Announcement-back

Writer Sidonie de la Houssaye and Miss A. Wallis sent this invitation to the opening of a French-English school in Franklin in 1882. Zoomify View »

Eola Hotel - Photograph - Weiss, Dreyfous and Seiferth, Architects

Black-and-white photograph, by Norman Studio Photographers, of the Eola Hotel in Natchez, Mississippi. The hotel was designed by Louisiana architectural firm Weiss, Dreyfous, and Seiferth. Zoomify View »

Admiral David Farragut & Commodore Percival Drayton

Farragut, David - Photograph - Pictured with Percival Drayton

Union Admiral David Farragut and Commodore Percival Drayton c. 1864. Zoomify View »

Indian (Native American) Removal - photograph - Camp Goodyear Smoke Signals

The camera looks toward a group of boys in boy scout uniform standing around a raised platform on which the Choctaw creates smoke signals. Tents may be seen in the tree line at the edge of the clearing. Zoomify View »

Indian (Native American) Removal - photograph - Choctaw Man

The camera looks toward a Choctaw man dressed in native garb with feathered headress, 1924. Zoomify View »

Louisiana Hayride - Photograph - Cast performing on stage

The cast of the country music radio and television show, Louisiana Hayride. Zoomify View »

Lytle, Andrew - photograph - "Baton Rouge: Aerial View"

Itinerant photographer Andrew David Lytle arrived in Baton Rouge in 1858, on the eve of the Civil War, and for the next half-century chronicled the capital city from his Main Street studio. This photograph, "Baton Rouge: Aerial View" is an example of Lytle's style. Zoomify View »

Marsh, Edward N. - Ephemera - Civil War letter home, dated December 18, 1862

In this December 18, 1862, letter to his sister, Edward N. Marsh writes about his experience of the Civil War in Baton Rouge. Marsh describes his unit's landing and the town's deserted appearance, as well as the treatment of “contrabands;” slaves who fled to the federal encampments. Zoomify View »