McDonogh Senior High School
Dublin Core
Title
McDonogh Senior High School
Subject
Archaeological photographs and images from urban historical excavations from New Orleans.
Description
This collection is based on files delivered to UNO from FEMA for the creation of a digital exhibit.
Collection Items
Excavation in the Wood-Lined Well (Feature 1)
Excavation of Feature 1, the wood-lined well, with the school building in the background.
Newly exposed deep feature.
Initial excavation of Feature 1, showing the darker soil outline of the wood-lined well in the wall. Notice the brick and shell embedded in the cross-section.
Historic Waterways and Ownership
Late eighteenth century property ownership, improvements and stream courses relative to site 16OR721 and the modern landscape (base Google 2017).
Excavation in Neighborhood
Excavations under the oaks with digging in the foreground and the screening of artifacts in the background.
Plan of New Orleans, City Capital of Louisiana and Environs with labels
Plan of New Orleans from around 1732-1735 annotated to label project area vicinity, the home of Louis Congo and other features.
Plan of New Orleans, City Capital of Louisiana and Environs
Photograph of a map drawn between 1725-1735 of New Orleans and the area around it, between the Mississippi River and the lake.
Measuring Wood-Lined Well (Feature 1) Excavations
Archaeologist taking measurements of Feature 1, the wood-lined well,
Bottom of the Wood-Lined Well
Bottom of the wood-lined well excavations showing the standing water that collected in the units, and the brick rubble in the white bucket.
Map Showing Little Home
Land ownership map from 1836-40 (Courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection, Acc. No. 1966.33.10 and Acc. No. 1966.34.36) showing two structures on the block at that time. One extends into the newly built Rocheblave Street. The current school…