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Excavations at Little Oak showed greater evidence of year-round habitation, including the remains of at least two different structures, but also a shorter period of use. The site contained dense quantities of pottery and faunal remains that…

North Claiborne Avenue Overpass at Press Street looking downtown toward Clouet Street Attached text: Construction of the superstructure of the North Claiborne Avenue-Press Street overpass is about two-thrids complete. This picture shows the project…

The excavation crew works the Oak Island Site during Dr. Shenkel’s excavation project.

Postcard of Old Vaults in St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans, La.

This layer of bricks was the original open hearth base built in 1831 when Samuel Hermann had the house constructed.

Perseverance Lodge, the oldest Masonic temple in Louisiana, still stands today in Louis Armstrong Park.

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.

Sketch of park labeled: "River Front and Elysian Fields Expressway, New Orleans, Louisiana. Vieux Carré. Louisiana Department of Highways. Rader and Associates - Engineers and Architects - Miami, Florida - New Orleans, Louisiana." On reverse:…

Surveying proposed ill-fated expressway site at Jackson Square, Mayor Schiro, Councilman James Moreau

Crew members conduct shovel testing to determine where to establish an excavation unit. This photo shows how overgrown and undeveloped Louis Armstrong Park was in the 1970s following the city's destruction of the 9 residential blocks that formerly…