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.
A painting by Louisiana artist Rolland Golden.
A detail from Conrad Albrizio's 1954 mural at Union Passenger Terminal Station, New Orleans. Fresco; 71 x 8 ft.
John Clarence Laughlin eschewed the notion of documentary photography but rather wanted his images to convey perceptions, intuitions and symbolism. This black and white photograph was made in 1958 and titled "Passage to Neverland."
A view of Mayor deLesseps S. "Chep" Morrison dedicating the Franklin Avenue overpass in New Orleans.
A stereograph shows a boardwalk path leading to a brick lighthouse used from around 1839 to 1873 to mark the Southwest Pass entrance of the Mississippi River.
The Sabine Pass Lighthouse is located on the Louisiana side of the Sabine Pass at the Texas border. The station was established in 1857 and was used for 95 years. The light has been inactive since 1952.
An author comes to terms with a Klansman in the family
Built in 1868 for the Society of Turners, a German benevolent association, Turners' Hall has been the home of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities since December 2000
The final two songs Morton recorded that day suggest a vanished world of barrelhouse bards.
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