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Mardi Gras Parade, New Orleans, Louisiana

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Mardi Gras is organized by Carnival krewes. Krewe float riders toss throws to the crowds; the most common are strings of plastic colorful beads, doubloons... More

Mardi Gras Parade, New Orleans, Louisiana

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Mardi Gras is organized by Carnival krewes. Krewe float riders toss throws to the crowds; the most common are strings of plastic colorful beads, doubloons... More

Historic sign "Old Samples" at U.S. Custom House in New Orleans, Louis...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive,... More

Details in the French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana

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Details in the French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Photograph taken during the 2011 Mardi Gras celebration. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. ... More

Woods directory - African American Perspectives Materials

1911- "Being a colored business, professional and trades directory of New Orleans, Louisiana." SERBIB/SERLOC merged record

Woods directory - African American Perspectives Materials

1911- "Being a colored business, professional and trades directory of New Orleans, Louisiana." SERBIB/SERLOC merged record

Old duelling grounds, New Orleans, Louisiana

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Rebecca, a slave girl from New Orleans / J. E. McClees, artist, 910 Ch...

Photograph shows a bust portrait of Rebecca Huger, facing right. Top of the card has been cut below the red line border. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1863, by R. R. Corson, in the Clerk'... More

Wilson, Charley, Rebecca & Rosa, slaves from New Orleans / Chas. Paxso...

Photograph shows a group portrait of freed slaves from New Orleans, Wilson Chinn, Charles Taylor, Rebecca Huger, and Rosina Downs reading. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1864, by S. Tackab... More

Photographs of the John Minor Wisdom U. S. Court of Appeals Building i...

Images show exterior and interior views of courthouse in New Orleans, Louisiana. Details include courtrooms, halls, ceilings and sculptural decoration. Arrangement: Arranged by photographer-assigned number. The... More

Photographs of the John Minor Wisdom U. S. Court of Appeals Building i...

Images show exterior and interior views of courthouse in New Orleans, Louisiana. Details include courtrooms, halls, ceilings and sculptural decoration. Arrangement: Arranged by photographer-assigned number. The... More

Photographs of the John Minor Wisdom U. S. Court of Appeals Building i...

Images show exterior and interior views of courthouse in New Orleans, Louisiana. Details include courtrooms, halls, ceilings and sculptural decoration. Arrangement: Arranged by photographer-assigned number. The... More

Photographs of the John Minor Wisdom U. S. Court of Appeals Building i...

Images show exterior and interior views of courthouse in New Orleans, Louisiana. Details include courtrooms, halls, ceilings and sculptural decoration. Arrangement: Arranged by photographer-assigned number. The... More

New Orleans, La.. Cityscape photograph

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New Orleans, La.. Cityscape photograph

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St. Charles Street, New Orleans, La.

Bird's-eye view showing two streetcars. Copyright by Griffith & Griffith. Public domain photograph of a tram car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rosa, Charley, Rebecca, slave children from New Orleans / Chas. Paxson...

Photograph shows freed slaves, Rosina Downs, Charley Taylor, and Rebecca Huger, each wrapped in a portion of the U.S. flag. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1864, by S. Tackaberry, in the Cl... More

New edition of MacBeth. Bank-oh's! Ghost

Another satire on the Panic of 1837, again condemning Van Buren's continuation of predecessor Andrew Jackson's hard-money policies as the source of the crisis. Clay shows the president haunted by the ghost of C... More

The Battle of New Orleans January 8th 1815 / D.M. Carter ; T. Phillibr...

Print shows General Andrew Jackson on horseback, rallying American soldiers behind barricades, during the Battle of New Orleans. The original painting is now in the Historic New Orleans Collection.

St. Charles Hotel from Canal Street

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The Battle of New Orleans January 8th 1815 / drawn by O. Pelton ; engd...

Print shows General Andrew Jackson, American soldiers, African Americans, and irregulars firing on the advancing British forces from behind bales of cotton at the Battle of New Orleans. Engraved expressly for ... More

U.S. Custom House, New Orleans, La.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oyster luggers at the levee, New Orleans

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Lovers' Lane, West End, New Orleans, U.S.A

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Milling the blanks, Louisiana - coin, public domain photograph

Workman milling blank coins at the U.S. mint in New Orleans. Copyright by E.S. Gardner. No. 75.

[William McKinley making speech from balcony in New Orleans]

H4394 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Teunisson, New Orleans. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Levee Sugar Landing, Louisiana - stereoscopic view, public domain phot...

No. 571. Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic... More

Mule teams on the levee, New Orleans, La.

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Old French court yard, New Orleans, La.

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Rex receiving the key at City Hall, Mardi Gras day, New Orleans, La.

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[Royal Street from Canal Street, New Orleans, La.]

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The cotton levee, New Orleans, La., U.S.A.

Stereograph showing thousands of bales of cotton waiting to be loaded onto two docked steamboats.

Canal St., New Orleans, La. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Palm and oak, City Park, New Orleans, La.

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[Maison Blanche, New Orleans, La.]

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[Along Bayou Saint John, New Orleans, La.]

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New Orleans views. Horse drawn carriage

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A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a fruit stand, L...

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An old black and white photo of a market, Louisiana. Farmers during Gr...

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Le Petre, House of the Turk, Dauphine Street, New Orleans

Photograph shows ironwork surrounding the galleries of buildings at the corner of Dauphine and Orleans streets, New Orleans, Louisiana. No. LA-1056. Forms part of the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection.

Negro stevedore carrying lumber on his head, New Orleans, Louisiana

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Unloading oysters from packet boat arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana

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Front of fisherman's supply house, Decatur Street, New Orleans, Louisi...

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A couple of kids standing in front of a movie theater, Louisiana. Farm...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A couple of kids standing in front of a movie theater, Louisiana. Farm...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

Two men sitting on a bench in front of a house. Great Depression FFSA ...

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Two men sitting on a bench in front of a building. Office of War Infor...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Stern, residence at 11 Garden Ln., New Orleans, ...

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Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Stern, residence at 11 Garden Ln., New Orleans, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Stern, residence at 11 Garden Ln., New Orleans, ...

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Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Stern, residence at 11 Garden Ln., New Orleans, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bas relief at the U.S. Custom House in New Orleans, Louisiana. "Louisi...

Date: ca. 1857; dimensions: 12' x 20'; medium: marble. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Cre... More

Carol M. Highsmith - Ursuline Convent, New Orleans, Louisiana

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

French Quarter balcony with classic ironwork, New Orleans, Louisiana

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Young street musicians on Jackson Square in French Quarter of New Orle...

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Horses and buggies waiting for fares in front of Jackson Square, New O...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Sculpture "Eagle," by Gifford MacGregor Proctor at the F. Edward Heber...

Date: 1941; dimensions: 4' 8" x 6' 11"; medium: granite. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Cr... More

Interior details, U.S. Custom House in New Orleans, Louisiana

Architect was Alexander Thompson Wood. Built between the years 1848-1881, the building occupies the full trapezoidal downtown city block bounded by Canal, North Peters, Iberville and Decatur Streets. The entire... More

John Minor Wisdom U.S. Court of Appeals Building, located in the block...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Originally the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse. In 1908, th... More

French Quarter Detail, New Orleans, Louisiana

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Mardi Gras Parade, New Orleans, Louisiana, a few months after Hurrican...

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase ; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-201... More

Hale Boggs Federal Building-Courthouse, New Orleans, Louisiana

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Constructed in the mid-1970's for GSA, the building consist... More

Mardi Gras Parade, New Orleans, Louisiana

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Mardi Gras is organized by Carnival krewes. Krewe float riders toss throws to the crowds; the most common are strings of plastic colorful beads, doubloons... More

Historic no smoking sign at U.S. Custom House in New Orleans, Louisian...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive,... More

Details in the French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Photograph taken during the 2011 Mardi Gras celebration. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. ... More

Playing for $1 in a hat. Musicians are everywhere in the French Quarte...

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Mardi Gras Parade, New Orleans, Louisiana

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Historic no smoking sign at U.S. Custom House in New Orleans, Louisian...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive,... More

[Mechanic's Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana] / Lilienthal's Photogra...

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[Corner in the home of African American teachers, New Orleans, Louisia...

Reportedly displayed as part of the American Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900.

Nathan W. Daniels Diary: Addition, scrapbook, 1863-1867

Detective Johnson of New Orleans. A tale of love and crime

Also available in digital form.

Canal Street, New Orleans - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Defeat of the British army [...] Défaite de l'armée Anglaise [...] / /...

Print shows a scene during the battle of New Orleans between the British under General Edward Pakenham and the Americans under Major General Andrew Jackson, with Mississippi River in the foreground. "Drawn on t... More

The city of New Orleans, and the Mississippi River Lake Pontchartrain ...

Bird's-eye view of New Orleans with the Mississippi River in the foreground; prominent building and place names are listed below the image. Copyright by Currier & Ives, N.Y. Available also through the Library o... More

The city of New Orleans, and the Mississippi River Lake Pontchartrain ...

Bird's-eye view of New Orleans with the Mississippi River in the foreground; prominent building and place names are listed below the image.

Pay-day on the levee - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Rebecca, an emancipated slave, from New Orleans / photographed by Kimb...

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of Rebecca Huger, standing, facing slightly left. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV86; Slave Children. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863 ... More

French Market, New Orleans, Louisiana

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street market, food vendors, downtown shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Old Absinthe House, New Orleans, La.

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A slave girl from New Orleans - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows a bust portrait of Rebecca Huger, wearing a bonnet and sweater, facing slightly left. Photograph probably taken by Chas. Paxson of New York. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year... More

Battle of New Orleans and death of Major General Packenham [sic] on th...

Print shows the Battle of New Orleans from the British perspective, as British forces advance upon the earthworks or barricades from which the American forces, under the command of Andrew Jackson, repel the att... More

Plan showing the boundaries of the great conflagration of New Orleans ...

Shows settled parts of the town with the darker shading of the squares. Also indicates where fire started and which buildings escaped the fire. Facsimile. Available also through the Library of Congress web site... More

Uncle Sam sick with la grippe - Drawing. Public domain image.

A satire attributing the dire fiscal straits of the nation to Andrew Jackson's banking policies, with specific reference to recent bank failures in New Orleans, New York, and Philadelphia. The artist blames th... More

Pilots Station / H. Lewis pinx. ; Lith. Jnst. Arnz & Co. Düsseldorf.

Bird's-eye view of harbor, New Orleans, Louisiana. Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of the famous levee of New Orleans, the capital of Louisiana, whi...

Levee with bales of cotton, African-American workers and steamboats. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 9, no. 228 (1860 Apr. 14), p. 306 and 315.

Registered enemies taking the oath of allegiance at the office of Gene...

Illus. from: Harper's Weekly, 1863 June 6, p. 357. Public domain photograph related to Confederate States of America, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The massacre at New Orleans] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Cartoon shows President Andrew Johnson "as a king, crowned and in velvet and ermine. His alleged royalist ambition had been the theme of much Radical rhetoric." Nast is attacking Johnson because he and others b... More

Scene on the levee, New Orleans Turquino's Peak, island of Cuba.

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1867 Aug. 3, p. 313.

The old French Market, New Orleans

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street market, food vendors, downtown shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Poydras Market, New Orleans

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Steamer loading hides, New Orleans, La.

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Mrs. Caroline E. Merrick, New Orleans, NAWSA suffrage scrapbooks

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High water at New Orleans, La., levee, March 21, 1903

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The Royal chariot with Rex, Mardi Gras day, New Orleans, La.

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[Mardi Gras Day, royal chariot with Rex, New Orleans, La.]

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The Archbishopric, New Orleans, La.

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Royal St., looking toward Canal [Street], New Orleans, La.

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