Literature
Swamps in Literature, Film, and Folklore
Swamps have a unique place in the literature, film and folklore of Louisiana.
Reconstruction Period
Reconstruction Period Index
Foodways
Tabasco Sauce
Tabasco is a popular brand of pepper sauce products and related items manufactured by McIlhenny Company, a privately held, family-owned business headquartered on Avery Island, Louisiana.
1.8 f. Tabasco Sauce
This spicy sauce is made in Louisiana and sold around the world.
Art
Theodore Lilienthal
Part of the first generation of photographers in New Orleans, Theodore Lilienthal was city's most successful nineteenth-century photographic entrepreneur.
Art
Theodore Sydney Moise
In the 1840s Theodore Sydney Moise moved to New Orleans, where he operated a successful portrait studio for decades.
Art
Thomas Addison Richards
Artist and travel writer Thomas Addison Richards captured unique natural features of the South, depicting the region's lofty river banks, picturesque live oaks, and lush cypress-filled swampland.
Government, Politics & Law
Thomas C. Manning
Thomas C. Manning served as the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1877 to 1880.
Government, Politics & Law
Thomas Overton Moore
Thomas Overton Moore served as the fourteenth governor of Louisiana, leading the state through much of the Civil War.
Architecture
Thomas Sully
Louisiana architect Thomas Sully introduced innovative national architectural trends—aesthetic and structural—to New Orleans.
Sports & Recreation
Toby Hart
Toby Hart brought New Orleans its first professional sports franchise in 1887.
Music
Traditional New Orleans Jazz
Traditional New Orleans jazz is a musical genre with distinctive stylistic features that are tied to festival traditions within a discrete, regional culture.
1.8 b. Traditional New Orleans Jazz
Experimenting and improvising are important parts of this American musical form.
