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Interspersed within shell middens are numerous other types of material remains: bits of pottery, stone and bone tools, items of adornment, animal bones discarded from meals, and even human burials. Some shell middens also contain distinct living…

South Claiborne Overpass from Poydras to Canal

South Claiborne Avenue Overpass from Tulane Avenue east bound, showing Cleveland Street on-ramp Attached text: Rapidly approaching completion is the section of Interstate 10 from Orleans Avenue to Tulane Avenue. This project of the State Highway…

Attached text: This panoramic view of New Orleans' central business district shows, at lower left, the giant $5 million South Claiborne Overpass, and, at right, the new Union Passenger Terminal. in the lower center of the photo can be seen South…

Fort St. John Bayou St. John Hotel

Excavating at the Oak Island sites was not easy. Supposedly the 1930s excavations were called off prematurely because of the difficult field conditions. The sites are difficult to reach, especially in wet weather, and heat, water, mosquitoes,…

A University of New Orleans field school student stands in an excavation unit in the Hermann-Grima House courtyard. In the background, the sign reads "Christian Woman's Exchange Shop." The Christian Women’s Association has owned the house since 1924,…

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.

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