Gallier City Hall (longitudinal section)
Architecture
Architects James and Charles Dakin created this architectural rendering of Gallier Hall c. 1838. Their design was never executed.
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Images
Professor Longhair
Music
Professor Longhair combined elements of rock, R&B, funk, and reggae to invent a new style of music unique to New Orleans.
Earl Kemp Long leaving for state hospital
Government, Politics & Law
Governor Earl K. Long photographed just after arriving at the state hospital at Mandeville, June 18, 1959.
Earl Long
Art, Government, Politics & Law
Earl Long, the irascible forty-fifth governor of Louisiana, is depicted giving a speech in this painting by Louisiana artist George Rodrigue.
Professor Longhair
Music
Plaque and tribute to Henry Roeland Byrd, better known as Professor Longhair or simply Fess, above the stage at Tipitina's New Orleans, Louisiana.
Earl Long Delivering a Speech
Government, Politics & Law, History
A photograph from the 1930s depicting Earl Long delivering a speech at an outdoor rally.
Lelong Avenue, City Park
Architecture
This photograph shows a view of Lelong Avenue taken from the steps of the Delgado Museum of Art, now renamed the New Orleans Museum of Art.
Portrait of Earl K. Long
An autographed photo of Earl K. Long, ca. 1937.
Swearing in Earl K. Long as the Governor of Louisiana
Government, Politics & Law
This photograph, taken on June 25, 1939, depicts Earl Kemp Long being sworn in as the forty-fifth governor of Louisiana. His predecessor, Richard Leche (with hat and cane), stands in the center.
Longwood Plantation
History
Longwood Plantation, also known as Nutt’s Folly, whose construction began in the 1860s. Rather than the usual Greek Revival style the architect chose to create a multistory, octagonal, Oriental Revival style plantation home. The house is six stories tall and has a large byzantine styled dome. Samuel Sloan, a Philadelphia architect, designed the home in 1859 for cotton planter Dr. Haller Nutt.
