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"Banquette", or sidewalk, from St. Antoine's Garden

"Peter Tremaille", "Excavator" in the 1880 United States Census

View of construction site showing men pushing wheelbarrows through excavated area. Shows fenced houses in the background.

View of excavated ditch shored with timbers. Shows construction vehicles, a dirt scoop, worker and houses in the background.

This image shows a photographic print in the World' Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition album. The picture shows a tall wooden cistern on the side of a large house. The cistern is appproximately two stories tall. The house exterior is stone…

Act No. 84, Section 4 from the Flynn's Digest of the City Ordinances of the City of New Orleans 1896 Courtesy of Flynn's Digest of the City Ordinances of the City of New Orleans.

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Archaeologist excavating a wood-lined well at 322 (62) North Liberty Street

Archaeologist excavating an unlined pit at 915 St. Ann Street

Artistic rendering of a French Quarter courtyard with an old Spanish well in the bottom right corner. The well is made of brick, with a bucket hanging from a pulley. The side of a two-story residential building is visible in the background. Possibly…