Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Old home with mud walls built by mulattoes now a part of the John Henry cotton plantation. It was originally the house built on the Yucca Plantation by Augustin Metoyier in 1824 and later after the big house was built it was used as a slave hospital. It was sold to J.H. Henry in 1833
Summary
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Temp. note: usf34batch6
Film copy on SIS roll 7, frame 141.
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Tags
louisiana
natchitoches parish
melrose
safety film negatives
lot 1712
marion post wolcott
photo
john henry cotton plantation
house
yucca plantation
old home
mud walls
henry
augustin metoyier
office of war information
farm security administration
united states history
library of congress
Date
01/01/1940
Location
louisiana
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html