July 1937. "Louisiana Negress." View full size. Medium-format nitrate negative and ... love her hat and parasol, with her crisp pinner apron!
Louisiana: 1937 Another wonderful photo Dave. New screensaver...
Nice. Una foto preciosa.
Louisiana Woman I'd be hard pressed to name a favorite among Lange's work, ...
... Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Louisiana's bi-centennial 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, in New Orleans , 100 years after the 1884 World ...
Assumption Parish, Louisiana, 1938. "Woodlawn Plantation, Napoleonville vicinity. Built 1835 by Col. W.W. Pugh, first superintendent of schools in Louisiana." 8x10 inch negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size. ... one farmer unafraid of ghosts.
I like these shots of Louisiana you post. What a grand old home this was. Thanks Dave!
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Colorized from this Shorpy original. My second attempt at colorizing. I think I'll try to do one every month. View full size.
Keep Going joleine, please keep going. You are one of the Shorpy Colorists now.
Excellent job on the u ...
From this Shorpy original. The color gets a little compressed. I just thought she was beautiful and wanted to try colorizing. View full size.
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... circa 1925. "Tepper Building, Standard Engraving Co., 470 Louisiana Avenue N.W." The Tepper family business is what you might call ... outside. One is wearing pumps. - Dave]
Long gone Louisiana Avenue in the northwest quadrant of DC is just a short 3-block ...
... a few court proceedings and in "History of the Jews of Louisiana."
By the breadth of the street, I would guess it's Canal. I ...
Enjoyable challenge Although I've never been to Louisiana, some brief research indicates that this photo is of St. Charles ...
July 1940. Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. "Mulattoes returning from town with groceries and supplies near ... have no rubber rims, there are no springs, either!
Louisiana Creole Creoles in Louisiana are very proud of their heritage. There is a rather large community ...
Circa 1897. "Cane fields in Louisiana." Glass negative by William Henry Jackson. View full size.
... my nose). Tastes like sugar.
Beware the cane fields of Louisiana When our family lived in southern Louisiana for a while, we kids would play in the cane fields. I'd use my trusty ...
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[Horticulture a la Morticia Addams. - Dave]
Louisiana We dont speak French here. We speak Cajun, a 200 year old ...
Yes, shells on roof There are no stones in south Louisiana. Mollusk shells dredged from brackish Lake Pontchartrain were used as ...
... Fruit Co." Salvatore Scalco's produce business on Louisiana Avenue. National Photo glass negative. View full size.
Banana ...
Sure it's Washington? It is Lawrence Ave, not Louisiana - check out the canvas sign - and I can't locate a Lawrence Ave NW. ...
... to 'thumb' a ride home over the weekend near Natchitoches, Louisiana." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Louisiana State Normal School Northwestern State University in Natchitoches ...
... 1938. "Game of coon-can in store near Reserve, Louisiana." 35mm negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. ... of a Smile That guy fancies his chances.
Reserve, Louisiana I grew up in Reserve in the 1950's and '60's. I'd love to get some ...
1938. St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. "The Rookery, Trepagnier House. Norco vicinity. Abandoned plantation ... that evolved in the extremely wet climate here in Louisiana.
That's pure Louisiana Nothing to do with Palladianism.
Sleep under the stars Do ...
... fais-do-do at National Rice Festival ( video ). Crowley, Louisiana." View full size. Medium format negative by Russell Lee.
Rice ... remind me of a flamenco dancer's costume.
Crowley, Louisiana My wife's family is from Crowley, and not much has changed since ...
... whose grocery ("fancy fruits and vegetables") was at 924 Louisiana Avenue N.W. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.
... is the P.K. Chaconas & Company (Inc.), at Ninth and Louisiana avenue northwest.
Its officers, P.K. Chaconas, president; P.C. ...
... of like Lite Butter or Shedd's Spread.
Hanging on Old Louisiana Hoover & Denham was a meat distribution firm operating in the 900 block of Louisiana (now Indiana) Avenue NW.
We've seen this neighborhood - a hub ...