Slide Collection

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Slides taken from April 1930 National Geographic Magazine.

Slide No. 1New Orleans, Louisiana. This great bend in the
Mississippi gave New Orleans its name of Crescent City. The
peninsula in the foreground is Ninemile Point. On the companion
peninsular, farther down stream, near the top of the picture, is
Algiers. The open space visible in the city proper is Audubon Park
and its continuation into the campuses of Loyola and Tulane
Universities. Airmap Corp., Photographer.

Slide No. 2Southwest Pass, Louisiana. Looking up the
Mississippi’s south pass from the Gulf to the Head of Passes.
The long white line at the right is a part of the Eads jetty
system. In the middle distance is Port Eads, headquarters for the
engineering construction force which maintains the pass. Behind
Port Eads is the shallow expanse of Garden Island Bay. From the end
of the jetties in the foreground to the Head of Passes, at the top
of picture (southwest Pass branching to the left and Pass a Loutre
to the right), is 12 miles. Airmap Corp., Photographer.

Slide No. 3An aerial view of the Mississippi River delta:
Looking toward the Gulf down Southwest Pass. Airmap Corp.,
Photographer.

Slide No. 4Louisiana. A fur trapper dries his skins.
Stanley Clisby Arthur, Photographer.

Slide No. 5St. Francisville, Louisiana. A majestic oak in
St. Francisville, Louisiana, the parish seat of West Feliciana
Parish. Edwin L. Wisherd, Photographer.

Slide No. 6Clinton, Louisiana. Clinton’s Courthouse
in East Feliciana Parish. In front of the colonial portico stands
the typical Confederate monument in commemoration of Civil War
sacrifices. Edwin L. Wisherd, Photographer.

Slide No. 7Barataria Bayou, Louisiana. Homestead of an old
sugar plantation on Barataria Bayou in southeastern Louisiana. In
order to put the living quarters above the reach of flood waters,
the house is built on piers. Edwin L. Wisherd, Photographer.

Slide No. 8Grand Isle, Louisiana. Wagon load of cucumbers
on Grand Isle. Edwin L. Wisherd, Photographer.

Slide No. 9New Orleans, Louisiana. A snowball wagon in the
French Quarter. Edwin L. Wisherd, Photographer.

Slide No. 10Louisiana. Girl with basket of Louisiana grown
figs. Edwin L. Wisherd, Photographer.

Slide No. 11Hammond, Louisiana. Girl standing by truck
load of strawberries. Edwin L. Wisherd, Photographer.

Slide No. 12Lacombe, Louisiana. One of the last of the
Choctaws near Lacombe. Her ancestors were once a power in the land
but now only a handful of her people remain, and this venerable
squaw maintains herself by weaving baskets from Palmetto leaves.
Edwin L. Wisherd, Photographer.

Slide No. 13St. Francisville, Louisiana. Greenwood House,
“the best example of the classic revival to be found in Louisiana.”
It stands on a high hill a few miles from St. Francisville and is
100 feet square, with a lofty portico on all four sides and was
built in 1830. Edwin L. Wisherd, Photographer.

Slide No. 14Jefferson Island, Louisiana. A salt mine at
Jefferson Island, west of New Iberia. After being drilled and
blasted down, the rock salt is ground fine and is then ready for
table use without any purification process. Edwin L. Wisherd,
Photographer.

Slide No. 15Southwest Louisiana. Getting timber out of the
swamps in the Acadian Country. Two Acadian (Cajun) lumberjacks
stand in dugouts or pirogues and pull a saw or swing an ax without
moving the boats enough to upset them. Few lumberjacks outside the
bayou region could do the trick. After the trees are cut the logs
are assembled into rafts and towed to the mill. Ewing Galloway,
Photographer.

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Slide No. 16St. Martinville, Louisiana. Spanish moss being
prepared at St. Martinville. The moss is soaked with water to
hasten decomposition of the outer layer. The inside fiber will then
be used in upholstering. Edwin L. Wisherd, Photographer.

Slide No. 17Catching fish without line or bait. Boys scoop
up crawfish and frogs along the docks at New Orleans and Lake
Charles. Edwin L. Wisherd, Photographer.

Slide No. 18Bayou Teche, Louisiana. Old-fashioned
steamboat the “Amy Hewes” on the Bayou Teche. Ewing Galloway,
Photographer.

Slide No. 19Bayou Teche, Louisiana. Cypress raft tied
together and towed by a steamboat. The men in the foreground are on
guard to prevent the logs from jamming. Ewing Galloway,
Photographer.

Slide No. 20Southwest Louisiana. Lumberjack or
“swamper’s” houseboat showing the washing hung out to dry
over water. Ewing Galloway, Photographer.

Slide No. 21Hammond, Louisiana. Loading strawberries into
refrigerator cars. Edwin L. Wisherd, Photographer.

Slide Nos. 22-25Hammond, Louisiana. A close-up of part of
the picture in Slide No. 21 showing strawberries being loaded into
refrigerator cars. Edwin L. Wisherd, Photographer.

Slide No. 26Bogalusa, Louisiana. A field of seven-year-old
slash pines, planted from nursery-grown seedlings at Bogalusa.
Edwin L. Wisherd, Photographer.

Slide No. 27Bogalusa, Louisiana. Paper factory which
adjoins the mill utilizing the waste lumber which formerly was
burned in a large incinerator. Edwin L. Wisherd, Photographer.

Slide No. 28Monroe, Louisiana. Deckhands on the Ouachita
River, near Monroe singing spiritual and “roustabout” songs on old
backwheeler. Edwin L. Wisherd, Photographer.

Slide No. 29Barataria Bayou, Louisiana. A grave with
artificial flowers in a glass-front box. Edwin L. Wisherd,
Photographer.

Slide No. 30Natchitoches, Louisiana. Statue erected as a
memorial to the old-time Darkey. Edwin L. Wisherd,
Photographer.

Slide No. 31New Orleans, Louisiana. Heart of New Orleans.
The white-porticoed building on the left is the city hall, across
Lafayette Square from the U. S. Post Office, on the right. On the
corner diagonally across from the post office is the
Times-Picayune building, and a little farther to the left
and rear are the offices of the
Item and the
Tribune. The tallest structure is the Hibernia Bank
Building. All of the large buildings shown rest on wooden-pile
foundation. Edwin L. Wisherd, Photographer.

Slide No. 32New Orleans, Louisiana. Beautiful iron work
adorning many homes in the old quarter of New Orleans. National
Geographic Society, Photographer.

Slide No. 33New Orleans, Louisiana. Courtyard of the
Little Theater. Edwin L. Wisherd, Photographer.

Slide No. 34New Orleans, Louisiana. One of two elaborate
corn fences to be found in New Orleans. Edwin L. Wisherd,
Photographer.

Slide No. 35New Orleans, Louisiana. A charming court and
garden in the heart of the French Quarter. The fan window adorns a
home once frequented by the city’s guest. It now provides
light for a studio. Edwin L. Wisherd, Photographer.

Slide No. 36New Orleans, Louisiana. Artists at Newcomb
College. National Geographic Society, Photographer.

Slide No. 37New Orleans, Louisiana. Newcomb College
showing students with their originally designed world famous
pottery. Edwin L. Wisherd, Photographer.

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Slide No. 38Southwest Louisiana. Young Acadian girl shown
spinning at a spinning wheel. National Geographic Society,
Photographer.

Slide No. 39Southwest Louisiana. Two young Acadian women
displaying their handmade fabrics. Edwin L. Wisherd,
Photographer.