Palmettos in City Park, New Orleans
Art
This painting by Bror Anders Wikstrom entitled "Palmettos in City Park, New Orleans" was created with oils on canvas in 1900 and measures to 16x20 in.
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St. Joseph’s Day Altar at Immaculate Conception Jesuit Church in New Orleans
Folklife, Religion & Spirituality
Altars honoring St. Joseph, patron saint of Sicily, appear in New Orleans and the surrounding parishes in the days leading up to Saint Joseph’s Day.
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown at New Orleans Jazz Festival
Art, Music
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, photographed by Michael P. Smith, performed on an outdoor stage at the 1976 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans.
Billboard for City Employees Week in New Orleans
Government, Politics & Law
Mayor Ernest "Dutch" Morial struggled with striking sanitation workers and other economic woes during his two-term tenure. This billboard represents one of his attempts to show appreciation for government employees.
Encyclopedia Entries
New Orleans Pelicans
History, Sports & Recreation
New Orleans’s basketball team is named for Louisiana’s state bird, the brown pelican.
Audio Files
Do you Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans (Excerpt)
Music
Recorded after Pete Fountain left Lawrence Welk's band, the album Pete Fountain's New Orleans includes this recording of Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans features pianist Stan Wrightsman, bassist Morty Corb and drummer Jack Sperling.
Images
Plan of New Orleans
Art
Louis Lucien Pessour, a free black artist, created this plan of New Orleans c. 1860. It shows the distinct boundary lines between the city's wards, as well as railroad lines, ferries, and canals.
Grace King’s home on Coliseum Street, New Orleans
Architecture, Art
In the late 1930s, Walker Evans took this photograph of Grace King's home on Coliseum Street in New Orleans.
Percy Mayfield Performing at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 1977
Percy Mayfield performing at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 17, 1977.
Encyclopedia Entries
New Orleans School Crisis
History
The integration of the Orleans Parish public schools in 1960 was the result of years of effort at the national, state, and local levels.
