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South Claiborne Overpass from Poydras to Canal

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Barbed fish hooks, similar in appearance to those used by present day fishermen, which were taken from an Indian mound in LaSalle Parish.

WPA workers of the Archaeological Project studying soil profile in an Indian mound near Lake Pontchartrain. From this site, archaeologists are unearthing evidence of an Indian culture which they believe is the oldest yet disc overed in the…

A few of the 50 or more pottery vessels, restored to their original shape with fragments taken from the LaSalle Parish mound. Intricate patterns and designs on the vessels trace their origin to the early Marksville Period.

WPA workers assigned to the Statewide Archaeological Project begin excavating at a site where scientists expect to find trace of a prehistoric Indian culture, older than any yet discovered in the Mississippi Valley.

Tableaux of New Orleans, by Bennet Dowler, M.D. Printed at the Daily Delta Office, 112 Poydras Street.

Tableaux of New Orleans, by Bennet Dowler, M.D. Printed at the Daily Delta Office, 112 Poydras Street.

"Old Cemetery Dug Up: Twenty-five Skeletons Unearthed by Sewerage Workers"

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